Best PlacesClermont, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clermont, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Clermont ranks 6,672nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Clermont
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.
Clermont's strengths and weaknesses
Where Clermont ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 87% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 81% of towns
Where Clermont ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 30% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 32% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 42% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 44% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Clermont
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clermont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,461, 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 Clermont's effective rate of 1.20%, 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 Clermont
Clermont runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Clermont.
Who works in Clermont, and how
Work in Clermont centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Clermont
Clermont has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Clermont and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Clermont, month by month
Clermont sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 19° | 13° |
| April | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| July | 81° | 72° | 64° |
| October | 60° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Clermont
The nearest airport, Waterloo Regional, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 151 miles away.
The best schools in and around Clermont
Schools across Clermont average an A−, better than 87% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fayette ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Valley Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- West Union Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Fayette Valley Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
Top high schools
- North Fayette Valley High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- John R Mott Jr/hi SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clermont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clermont 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 Clermont against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Clermont
Is Clermont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clermont ranks 6,672nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, the weather, and good schools, and lowest on property taxes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Clermont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $147,063. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $86,461 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Clermont safe?
Yes, Clermont is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $232 per resident a year.
Compare Clermont with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clermont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clermont 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.
Clermont detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clermont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clermont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clermont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clermont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clermont 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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