A city of 124,725, settled in 1890. Nearly 1.8% of it is conserved land.
The 3 things Clovis does most differently from other towns.
95,631 people in 2010; 124,725 today.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 · ACS
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Ordered by what stands out in Clovis. Another town gets a different order.
19 miles of trails across 59 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sierra Bicentennial Park | 1.2 mi | 19 |
| 2. Clovis Rodeo Grounds | 0.7 mi | 25 |
| 3. Dry Creek Park | 0.7 mi | 17 |
The typical Clovis home is worth about $517,000, up 1% in a year, 32% below the California typical home.
The public schools Clovis’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 74% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Creek Elementary | K–6 | 939 | Not graded |
| Cedarwood Elementary | K–6 | 848 | Not graded |
| Reagan Elementary | K–6 | 818 | Not graded |
| Red Bank Elementary | K–6 | 788 | Not graded |
| Century Elementary | K–6 | 722 | Not graded |
| Clovis Elementary | K–6 | 709 | Not graded |
Most working residents leave Clovis for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Fresno (47%), Visalia (2%) and Madera (1%). Half commute less than 8 miles.
Clovis beats the California average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| What stands out | Clovis | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 14.4% | 17.9% |
| More adults with obesity | 33% | 27.8% |
Clovis has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 99°, a January night drops to 39°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Clovis reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 65% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 76%.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities.
2 colleges in town.
6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.
28 notable people were born in Clovis.
City in California, United States
Clovis is a city in Fresno County, California, United States. It was established in 1890 as a freight stop for the San Joaquin Valley Railroad by a group of Fresno businessmen and Michigan railroad speculator Marcus Pollasky. The railroad bought the land from two farmers and named the station after one of them, Clovis Cole. Pollasky then developed a town on the site, also named Clovis. The completion of the lumber flume in 1894 led to the growth of the area around Clovis Station where a lumberyard and sawmill were built. Clovis was officially incorporated as a city in 1912. Today, Clovis celebrates its heritage as an American frontier town, known for its rodeo, Old Town Clovis historic dist…
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2 towns share a border with Clovis.
