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%

Grand Terrace$3,450/mo

Typical home $587K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.76% · or rent about $2,024/mo · Housing →

Ripon$3,970/mo

Typical home $680K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.71% · or rent about $1,851/mo · Housing →

The difference: $520 a month, about $6,200 a year, between Ripon and Grand Terrace.

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

Ripon places higher on 13 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

–Grand TerraceNot graded BRiponSafer than 62% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+Grand TerraceBetter than 38% of districts in the state C−RiponBetter than 19% of districts in the state

Health

BGrand TerraceHealthier than 61% of U.S. towns B+RiponHealthier than 74% of U.S. towns

9Grand Terrace

13Ripon

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

Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #272#716 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #657#256 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 422 towns #383#183 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #184#568 Highest incomeIncome · 843 towns #529#175 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #365#169 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #169#393 Most activeHealth · 844 towns #410#198

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

Grand TerraceRipon

Snow a year0″0″

January low43°F 39°F

July high95°F 95°F

Growing season (days)353d 305d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)97th 63rd

Outdoors & history

Grand TerraceRipon

Trails4 mi 11 mi

Conserved land1%9.7%

Settled—1945

Archive photos6 5

Community

Grand TerraceRipon

Library hours a week34 hrs 42 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

334 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Grand TerraceCA RiponCA

Grand Terrace ↔ Ripon334 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

Grand TerraceRipon

People

Population 13,078Lowest 16,201Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +9.2%Lowest CA: +6.1% +12%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 37.7±1.8Lowest about the CA average 40.1±1.7Highest 6% above CA

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

Kids under 18 21.8%±3.8Lowest CA: 22% 26.1%±3.5Highest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 17.6%±2.8Highest CA: 15.7% 17.1%±2.6Lowest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 28.4%Lowest CA: 37.1% 29.4%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.8%±1.8Lowest CA: 7.6% 7.8%±2.5Highest CA: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $83,628±$7kLowest 16% below CA $133,380±$25kHighest 35% above CA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $517,600±$33kLowest 30% below CA $704,800±$35kHighest 4% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,024±$152Highest about the CA average $1,851±$150Lowest 9% below CA

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,921Lowest 23% below CA $5,034Highest about the CA average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 63.9%±7.5Highest CA: 55.3% 54.7%±12Lowest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 7.5%Highest CA: 12% 5.4%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 64.4%Lowest CA: 55.9% 65.8%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1978Lowest 2 yrs newer than CA 1995Highest 19 yrs newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 11% below CA 27 minHighest 7% below CA

Work from home 10.8%±3.3Highest CA: 17.2% 9.3%±2.5Lowest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.8%Lowest 11.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 19.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.39Lowest 0.62Highest

Top workplaceoutside town San Bernardino (11%)Modesto (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RiponFew work in Grand Terrace

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1%Lowest 9.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.7 miLowest 10.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.1 miLowest 1.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 83.6Lowest 107Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #273 of 574 in CA #290 of 574 in CA

School district Colton Joint UnifiedRipon Unified

High school in town Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal ComplexRipon High

Students per teacherat that high school 20.0Lowest 20.2Highest

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.

Grand Terrace vs Ripon

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $520 more a month in Ripon

Ripon places higher on 13 of 22 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

334 miles apart

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