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A city of 49,342 people in California
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Map of Ceres: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land2.8%172 of 6,053 acres
Trails6.1 mi0.6 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves163 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Ceres

City in the United States
49,302Population
9.4 sq miArea
92 ftElevation

Ceres is a city in Stanislaus County, California. Its population was 49,302 at the 2020 U.S. census, up from 45,417 at the 2010 U.S. census. It is part of the Modesto metropolitan statistical area. Ceres is located in the San Joaquin Valley along State Route 99, south of Modesto and north of Turlock in Stanislaus County. Ceres is named after the Roman goddess of agriculture. The newspaper in Ceres is called the Ceres Courier, which has been in publication since 1910. The offices of the Ceres Courier were relocated from an address in downtown Ceres in 2012. It has since combined day-to-day operations with its sister paper, the Turlock Journal, in Turlock. Jeff Benziger was appointed editor i…

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Housing in Ceres

$451K≈ same as a year ago Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Ceres home is worth about $451,000, about the same as a year ago, 41% below the California typical home.

A strong seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market10
Sale-to-list99.7%
Sold in May19
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Safety in Ceres

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Safety Grade C-

Ceres reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 78% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000
Ceres 3.7
California 4.3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Ceres 15
California 18.2
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade B-

The public schools Ceres’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 53% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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DistrictCeres UnifiedSchools20

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CA. Ratings are from neighbors.

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