Best Neighborhoods in Mather, CA

Independence at Mather is the residential heart of the old base, a planned community of roughly 1,200 homes that went up in the early 2000s on former base ground. The layout is deliberate: sidewalks on both sides, small lawns, short driveways, and stucco homes in Contemporary Traditional, Mediterranean, and Spanish Revival lines. It sits central to Mather, ringed by the airport, the business park, and open space rather than by other neighborhoods. ... See Full Page

Mather is defined by its runways. This is the former Mather Air Force Base, closed in 1993, and most of the ground southeast of Sacramento is still working land: Sacramento Mather Airport handling cargo flights and the low office and warehouse blocks of the Mather Field business park along Mather Field Road. It reads more as an employment and airfield district than a place to live, with US-50 and the Zinfandel interchange feeding it from the north. ... See Full Page