A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Cloverdale$3,680/mo

Typical home $628K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.74% · or rent about $1,435/mo · Housing →

Ione$2,760/mo

Typical home $466K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.83% · Housing →

The difference: $920 a month, about $11,000 a year, between Cloverdale and Ione.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Cloverdale places higher on 12 of 21 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

B−CloverdaleSafer than 48% of U.S. towns A−IoneSafer than 75% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+CloverdaleBetter than 42% of districts in the state C+IoneBetter than 44% of districts in the state

Health

A−CloverdaleHealthier than 76% of U.S. towns B+IoneHealthier than 73% of U.S. towns

12Cloverdale

8Ione

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #696#186 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #414#813 Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #205#392 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 844 towns #448#241 Highest incomeIncome · 843 towns #244#449 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #406#610 Most educatedPeople · 844 towns #445#626 Most remote workersWork · 801 towns #423#586

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Cloverdale’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

CloverdaleIone

Snow a year0″0″

January low38°F 40°F

July high94°F 95°F

Growing season (days)279d 332d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)96th 86th

Outdoors & history

CloverdaleIone

Trails3 mi 6 mi

Conserved land5.9%3.2%

Settled1872 1849

National Register places5 7

Archive photos—7

Famous people born here2 —

Community

CloverdaleIone

Library hours a week52 hrs 20 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

116 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CloverdaleCA IoneCA

Cloverdale ↔ Ione116 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs California average

CloverdaleIone

People

Population 8,886Lowest 9,156Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.4%Highest CA: +6.1% -35.1%Lowest CA: +6.1%

Median age 45.2±7Highest 19% above CA 41.5±3.9Lowest 9% above CA

Cloverdale and Ione are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 17.3%±3.7Highest CA: 22% 14.2%±3.3Lowest CA: 22%

Cloverdale and Ione are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 23.6%±4Highest CA: 15.7% 18.9%±3.4Lowest CA: 15.7%

Cloverdale and Ione are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 28%Highest CA: 37.1% 16.8%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±1.7Lowest CA: 7.6% 11.8%±2.7Highest CA: 7.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $117,177±$18kHighest 18% above CA $91,495±$26kLowest 8% below CA

Cloverdale and Ione are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $619,400±$22kHighest 16% below CA $474,900±$64kLowest 35% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,435±$231 30% below CA —

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,611Highest 10% below CA $3,932Lowest 23% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41.2%±15.2Lowest CA: 55.3% 43.1%±53.7Highest CA: 55.3%

Ione and Cloverdale are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 4.1%Lowest CA: 12% 8.1%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.7%Lowest CA: 55.9% 78.2%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1979Lowest 3 yrs newer than CA 2000Highest 24 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 12% below CA 28 minHighest about the CA average

Work from home 12.5%±5.9Highest CA: 17.2% 7.9%±4.8Lowest CA: 17.2%

Cloverdale and Ione are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 16.6%Highest 7.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.3 miLowest 30.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.43Lowest 1.02Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Santa Rosa (13%)Sacramento (7%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in IoneFew work in Cloverdale

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.9%Highest 3.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 3.4 miLowest 6.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miLowest 1.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 72.9Highest 40.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #205 of 574 in CA #392 of 574 in CA

School district Cloverdale UnifiedAmador County Unified

High school in town Cloverdale HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 17.1 —

California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Cloverdale vs Ione

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $920 more a month in Cloverdale

Cloverdale places higher on 12 of 21 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

116 miles apart

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