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%

Ione$2,760/mo

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

Pacheco$2,020/mo

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

The difference: $750 a month, about $8,900 a year, between Ione 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

Pacheco places higher on 11 of 17 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

A−IoneSafer than 75% of U.S. towns –PachecoNot graded

Schools

C+IoneBetter than 44% of districts in the state –PachecoNot graded

Health

B+IoneHealthier than 73% of U.S. towns BPachecoHealthier than 63% of U.S. towns

6Ione

11Pacheco

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #813#119 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #610#3 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #186#512 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #466#89 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #568#288 Most activeHealth · 844 towns #255#456 Most conserved landOutdoors · 777 towns #459#632 Lowest property taxCost of living · 835 towns #348#166

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

IonePacheco

Snow a year0″0″

January low40°F 42°F

July high95°F 88°F

Growing season (days)332d 346d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)86th 99th

Outdoors & history

IonePacheco

Trails6 mi 1 mi

Conserved land3.2%1.3%

Settled1849 1857

National Register places7 1

Archive photos6 2

Famous people born here—2

Community

IonePacheco

Library hours a week20 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

66 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

IoneCA PachecoCA

Ione ↔ Pacheco66 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

IonePacheco

People

Population 9,156Highest 4,325Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -35.1%Lowest CA: +6.1% +13.5%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 41.5±3.9Lowest 9% above CA 42.9±3.1Highest 13% above CA

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

Kids under 18 14.2%±3.3Lowest CA: 22% 15.7%±5.7Highest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 18.9%±3.4Lowest CA: 15.7% 19.7%±3.7Highest CA: 15.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.8%Lowest CA: 37.1% 22.8%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 11.8%±2.7Highest CA: 7.6% 3.3%±2Lowest CA: 7.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $91,495±$26kLowest 8% below CA $101,210±$19kHighest about the CA average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $474,900±$64kHighest 35% below CA $343,300±$342kLowest 53% below CA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $1,828±$777 10% below CA

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,932Highest 23% below CA $2,629Lowest 49% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 43.1%±53.7Highest CA: 55.3% 39.6%±17.6Lowest CA: 55.3%

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

Below poverty line 8.1%Lowest CA: 12% 13.2%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.2%Lowest CA: 55.9% 79.2%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 2000Highest 24 yrs newer than CA 1977Lowest 1 yr newer than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest about the CA average 25 minLowest 11% below CA

Work from home 7.9%±4.8Lowest CA: 17.2% 11.2%±5.6Highest CA: 17.2%

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

Work in townworking residents 7.2%Highest 1.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 30.3 miHighest 16.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.02Highest 0.91Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Sacramento (7%)San Francisco (12%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.2%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 6.2 miHighest 0.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.3 miHighest 0.9 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 40.6Lowest 201Highest

Schools

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

School district Amador County Unified—

High school in town None in town—

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.

Ione vs Pacheco

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $750 more a month in Ione

Pacheco places higher on 11 of 17 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

66 miles apart

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