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%

Delano$1,930/mo

Typical home $334K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $1,199/mo · Housing →

Ceres$2,600/mo

Typical home $451K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.63% · or rent about $1,639/mo · Housing →

The difference: $670 a month, about $8,000 a year, between Ceres and Delano.

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

Ceres places higher on 12 of 22 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

C+DelanoSafer than 38% of U.S. towns C−CeresSafer than 22% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+DelanoBetter than 67% of districts in the state B−CeresBetter than 47% of districts in the state

Health

DDelanoHealthier than 13% of U.S. towns C−CeresHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns

10Delano

12Ceres

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #134#697 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #720#238 Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #200#414 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #513#186 Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #220#407 SafestSafety · 411 towns #146#271 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #667#488 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #828#612

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Delano’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

DelanoCeres

Snow a year0″0″

January low38°F 42°F

July high97°F 93°F

Growing season (days)309d 351d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)47th 62nd

Outdoors & history

DelanoCeres

Trails2 mi 6 mi

Conserved land1.3%2.8%

Settled1869 —

National Register places2 1

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here12 —

Community

DelanoCeres

Library hours a week20 hrs 30 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

158 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DelanoCA CeresCA

Delano ↔ Ceres158 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

DelanoCeres

People

Population 51,679Highest 49,342Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3%Lowest CA: +6.1% +8.6%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 33.9±1.4Highest 11% below CA 32.8±1Lowest 13% below CA

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

Kids under 18 22.9%±1.9Lowest CA: 22% 27.9%±1.9Highest CA: 22%

Age 65+ 10.8%±1.1Lowest CA: 15.7% 11.9%±1.3Highest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 7.3%Lowest CA: 37.1% 12.7%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.1%±1Highest CA: 7.6% 5.3%±0.8Lowest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $67,010±$7kLowest 32% below CA $79,025±$5kHighest 20% below CA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $301,900±$11kLowest 59% below CA $424,800±$10kHighest 42% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,199±$76Lowest 41% below CA $1,639±$81Highest 19% below CA

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,945Lowest 62% below CA $2,665Highest 48% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.3%±6.8Lowest CA: 55.3% 54.4%±8.9Highest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 16%Highest CA: 12% 15.9%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 62.8%Lowest CA: 55.9% 64.4%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1989Highest 13 yrs newer than CA 1986Lowest 10 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 23% below CA 34 minHighest 18% above CA

Work from home 2.8%±0.7Lowest CA: 17.2% 5.7%±1.5Highest CA: 17.2%

Work in townworking residents 28.8%Highest 12.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.3 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.90Highest 0.85Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Bakersfield (11%)Modesto (21%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CeresFew work in Delano

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Lowest 2.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.9 miLowest 6.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Lowest 16Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 56.5Lowest 110Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #220 of 574 in CA #407 of 574 in CA

School district Delano Joint Union High · Delano Union ElementaryCeres Unified · Stanislaus County Office of Education

High school in town Robert F. Kennedy HighCeres High

Students per teacherat that high school 22.5Lowest 22.6Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Delano vs Ceres

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $670 more a month in Ceres

Ceres places higher on 12 of 22 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

158 miles apart

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