Best PlacesClipper Mills, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clipper Mills, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Clipper Mills ranks 48,454th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Clipper Mills
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.
Clipper Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Clipper Mills ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 164 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 77% of towns
Where Clipper Mills ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$26,771 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Short commute39.6 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Clipper Mills
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clipper Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $26,771, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Clipper Mills' effective rate of 0.41%, 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 Clipper Mills
Clipper Mills runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Clipper Mills.
Who works in Clipper Mills, and how
Work in Clipper Mills centers on agriculture & forestry and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Clipper Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Clipper Mills.
What the weather is like in Clipper Mills, month by month
Clipper Mills sees roughly 164 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 45° | 39° |
| April | 64° | 54° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 63° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Clipper Mills
Sacramento International sits about 62 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Clipper Mills
Schools across Clipper Mills average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Yuba Feather ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Foothill IntermediateD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Marysville HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clipper Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clipper Mills 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 Clipper Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Clipper Mills
Is Clipper Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clipper Mills ranks 48,454th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, the weather, and low property taxes, and lowest on cell coverage and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Clipper Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $282,700. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $26,771 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Clipper Mills safe?
Clipper Mills is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $493 per resident a year.
Compare Clipper Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clipper Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clipper Mills 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.
Clipper Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clipper Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clipper Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clipper Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clipper Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clipper Mills 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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