Rankings · How Ceres ranks in CA
Ceres ranks #175 in California for low property taxes
Ceres is ranked on 34 lists against the 844 California towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
Lists ranked on
34
of CA’s 844 ranked towns
Top-10 finishes
0
Best: #175 lowest property tax
Top-quarter finishes
2
of 22 lists where higher is better
Strongest area
Cost of living
Top 25% on average
★ What stands out · Where it shines
The lists Ceres does best on
Each list ranks every CA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Ceres marked.
At a glance
Ceres lands in the top half on 7 of 22 lists
Each dot is Ceres’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CA, the right end is last. Areas where Ceres does best come first.
Top 10%Top halfBottom half
Cost of livingHousing →
Lowest property tax#175/835Most affordable#226/835Cheapest rent#277/830Rent easiest to afford#175/422 HealthHealth →
Lowest depression#288/844Closest to a top hospital#612/844Fewest smokers#679/844Fewest uninsured#692/844Healthiest#726/844Most active#740/844Lowest obesity#749/844 SafetySafety →
Safest#271/411 SchoolsSchools →
Best schools#407/574 Getting aroundWork & commute →
Shortest commute#697/843 People
Most educated#708/844 HousingHousing →
Most new homes#414/438 What kind of place
Fewer homes per newcomer than 91% of California
Not better or worse, just Ceres’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Fewer homes per newcomer than 91% of CA towns
Homes keep paceShort on homes
15.5 new residents for each new home, 2010–20
Younger than 84% of CA towns
YoungerOlder
32.8 median age
More kids than 83% of CA towns
Fewer kidsMore kids
27.9% of residents are under 18
Longer growing season than 80% of CA towns
Shorter seasonLonger season
312 days between frosts
Fewer seniors than 77% of CA towns
Fewer seniorsMore seniors
11.9% of residents are 65+
Drier than 73% of CA towns
DrierWetter
12 in of rain + melted snow a year
Hotter summers than 70% of CA towns
Cooler summersHotter summers
94.8° July high
Colder winters than 62% of CA towns
Colder wintersMilder winters
39.2° January low
More year-round than 61% of CA towns
Year-roundVacation homes
0.3% of homes are seasonal
Faster-rising prices than 57% of CA towns
Steadier pricesPrices rising fast
+45.6% in home prices, 5 years
Next door
Ceres out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.