Roseville is the most populated city in Placer County and is a great place to live. Roseville offers some of the most options for shopping and restaurants in the entire Sacramento & Placer County regions and has lots of outdoor activities. Roseville is located just 16 miles north of Sacramento so that you may enjoy the urban culture and activities of the capital city while living in a more suburban setting. The city of Roseville was established in 1909 and offers a charming old/downtown area that is next to the First Transcontinental Railroad. The city of Roseville also has had tremendous growth over the last 15 years and features a significant number of new residential developments along with new schools and neighborhood/community parks.

Activities in Roseville

If you like the outdoors Roseville is a great place to be.Roseville has over 70 developed parks including 2 regional parks and over 4,000 acres of open space -that is 1 acre per 25 residents. Roseville was awarded the Bicycle Friendly Community Award in 2008 for its 27 miles of off-street trails and 83 miles of bicycle lanes.Animal lovers enjoy the 3 dog parks located throughout the city.

For golf enthusiasts Roseville has 5 public golf courses. Roseville also has 3 public libraries that host many community activities for all ages throughout the year. There is an indoor and outdoor public aquatic complex thatcomes in handy on those hot summer days.
For thosewho enjoy shopping Roseville features the Westfield Galleria, which is the second largest mall in Northern California. Also, in 2008 the Fountains of Roseville opened across the street from the Galleria Mall and provides an upscale and outdoor shopping experience combined with lots of great restaurants.The Fountains of Roseville also hosts a Farmers Market every Tuesday year round and monthly street fairs in the summer.Roseville recently updated its downtown area and now hosts more events downtown like story time, wine tasting, and concerts.Downtown Tuesday night car show, the Holiday Parade, and 4th of July are also popular annual events downtown.

Working in Roseville

There are several companies located within Roseville that each hire at least 1,000 or more local employees. Some of these companies include Kaiser Permanente, Hewlett-Packard, Sutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville Joint Unit High School District, City of Roseville, and Union Pacific Railroad.Kaiser Permanente is the largest employer in Placer County employing almost 4,500 people. Roseville features both large and small businesses including the Roseville Auto Mall, which is one of the largest auto malls in the country.This large business base provides significant income for the city through sales tax allowing the infrastructure of the city to keep up with the growing population.

Featured Neighborhoods

Fiddyment Farm:

This community is located on land that was once the ranch of the Fiddyment Family.The 1,700-acre master planned community has more parks, schools and open space than any other neighborhood in Roseville.

Morgan Creek:

This is a gated neighborhood with a golf and country club.The 546-acre community has semi-custom homes on lot sizes that are typically between .25 to .50 acre lots.

Sun City Roseville:

This is a 55 and older community has 3,110 single-familyhomes.Its numerous community activities include: golfing, swimming (indoor and outdoor), tennis, bocce ball, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, as well as boasting walking and biking trails and 100 acres of preserved open space.