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 →

Pacheco$2,020/mo

Typical home $343K (Census) · tax rate 0.77% · or rent about $1,828/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,660 a month, about $20,000 a year, between Cloverdale and Pacheco.

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 9 of 18 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 –PachecoNot graded

Schools

C+CloverdaleBetter than 42% of districts in the state –PachecoNot graded

Health

A−CloverdaleHealthier than 76% of U.S. towns BPachecoHealthier than 63% of U.S. towns

9Cloverdale

8Pacheco

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #629#89 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #406#3 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #349#632 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #414#119 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #568#288 Most affordableCost of living · 835 towns #398#132 Lowest property taxCost of living · 835 towns #432#166 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #696#512

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

CloverdalePacheco

Snow a year0″0″

January low38°F 42°F

July high94°F 88°F

Growing season (days)279d 346d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)96th 99th

Outdoors & history

CloverdalePacheco

Trails3 mi 1 mi

Conserved land5.9%1.3%

Settled1872 1857

National Register places5 1

Archive photos—2

Famous people born here2 2

Community

CloverdalePacheco

Library hours a week52 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

76 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CloverdaleCA PachecoCA

Cloverdale ↔ Pacheco76 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

CloverdalePacheco

People

Population 8,886Highest 4,325Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.4%Lowest CA: +6.1% +13.5%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 45.2±7Highest 19% above CA 42.9±3.1Lowest 13% above CA

Cloverdale and Pacheco 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% 15.7%±5.7Lowest CA: 22%

Cloverdale and Pacheco 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% 19.7%±3.7Lowest CA: 15.7%

Cloverdale and Pacheco 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% 22.8%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±1.7Highest CA: 7.6% 3.3%±2Lowest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $117,177±$18kHighest 18% above CA $101,210±$19kLowest about the CA average

Cloverdale and Pacheco 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 $343,300±$342kLowest 53% below CA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,435±$231Lowest 30% below CA $1,828±$777Highest 10% below CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,611Highest 10% below CA $2,629Lowest 49% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41.2%±15.2Highest CA: 55.3% 39.6%±17.6Lowest CA: 55.3%

Cloverdale and Pacheco 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% 13.2%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.7%Lowest CA: 55.9% 79.2%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1979Highest 3 yrs newer than CA 1977Lowest 1 yr newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 12% below CA 25 minHighest 11% below CA

Work from home 12.5%±5.9Highest CA: 17.2% 11.2%±5.6Lowest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 16.6%Highest 1.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.3 miHighest 16.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.43Lowest 0.91Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Santa Rosa (13%)San Francisco (12%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.9%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 3.4 miHighest 0.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miHighest 0.9 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 72.9Lowest 201Highest

Schools

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

School district Cloverdale Unified—

High school in town Cloverdale High—

Students per teacherat that high school 17.1 —

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

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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 Pacheco

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,660 more a month in Cloverdale

Cloverdale places higher on 9 of 18 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

76 miles apart

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