Best PlacesClements, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clements, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Clements ranks 7,574th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Clements
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Clements' strengths and weaknesses
Where Clements ranks high
- Household income$182,922 median, better than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 86% of towns
Where Clements ranks low
- Short commute46.6 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,300 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Clements
A household needs to earn about $176,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clements home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $182,922, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Clements' effective rate of 0.66%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Clements
Clements runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Clements.
Who works in Clements, and how
Work in Clements centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Clements
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Clements.
What the weather is like in Clements, month by month
Clements sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 77° | 61° | 46° |
| July | 98° | 78° | 60° |
| October | 83° | 65° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Clements
The nearest airport, Stockton Metro, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Sacramento International, about 44 miles away.
The best schools in and around Clements
Schools across Clements average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oak View ElementaryC+ · 39% proficient
- Lockeford ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Middle College HighA · 76% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clements school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clements measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Clements against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Clements
Is Clements a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clements ranks 7,574th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, what local pay buys, and big-city access, and lowest on long commutes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Clements expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $685,868. The overall cost of living runs about 29% above the national average. Set against a $182,922 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Clements safe?
Clements is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $390 per resident a year.
Compare Clements with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clements. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clements represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Clements detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clements: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clements: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clements: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clements: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clements detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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