Sacramento wedding venue cost index
Computed from 25 published fee schedules across the Sacramento metro, checked on August 22, 2026. Median published starting price $266, with half the listings between $159 and $450. 21 of 25 (84%) start under $1,000.
Starting price distribution
Across 25 Sacramento area venues in 10 cities, checked on August 22, 2026.
| Published starting price | Amount |
|---|---|
| Lowest published starting price | $40 |
| 25th percentile | $159 |
| Median | $266 |
| 75th percentile | $450 |
| Highest published starting price | $3,500 |
How many come in under each threshold
| Threshold | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Published starting price under $500 | 20 | 80% |
| Under $1,000 | 21 | 84% |
| Under $2,500 | 24 | 96% |
| Published fee of zero | 0 | 0% |
Cheapest published price by venue type
| Venue type | Cheapest published | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Courthouse & City Hall | Placer County Clerk-Recorder Civil CeremonyAuburn, CA | $40 |
| Park & Pavilion | Ancil Hoffman Park - Riverside Picnic SiteCarmichael, CA | $100 |
| Other Venue | Carmichael Park - Veteran's HallCarmichael, CA | $152 |
| Estate & Historic Home | Garfield HouseCarmichael, CA | $266 |
| Garden & Conservatory | McKinley Park Rose GardenSacramento, CA | $450 |
| Brewery & Winery | Old Sugar MillClarksburg, CA | $3,500 |
Courthouse ceremony fees
3 courts and clerk offices in the Sacramento area publish a ceremony fee, running from $40 to $66. That fee is for the ceremony only and never includes the marriage license.
Indoor against outdoor
| Setting | Venues | Median starting price |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor space published | 18 | $273 |
| Outdoor space published | 16 | $308 |
Published capacity
18 of the 25 Sacramento listings publish a guest capacity. The median among those is 150 guests.
Public agency against everything else
11 of 25 listings (44%) are park, courthouse, or state park sites, and 19 cite a source on a .gov, .us, or .mil domain.
| Listing category | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Park, courthouse, or state park listing | 11 | 44% |
| Everything else | 14 | 56% |
The listings behind these numbers, each with its source link and date, are on the Sacramento venue page. The national cost index ranks 41 metros against each other.
Method: every figure on this page is computed from the listings in this directory, and every listing carries a link to the venue's own published price page or a government fee schedule plus the date that page was read. Venues that do not publish a price are not in the dataset, so nothing here is an estimate, a quote, or an average of quotes. Percentiles are linear interpolations over published starting prices.