Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 35,838, settled in 1887. Home to Pomona College.
Claremont's standout: it has 28 miles of trail and 30% conserved land. Overall it grades B−, 185th among California's 841 graded towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 94% of the country and the median household earns $126K. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $1.0 million for a typical one and 10.5 times the Los Angeles metro’s $96K median household income. 30% of the land in Claremont is conserved, above both California’s towns (4.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Claremont is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 98% of U.S. towns. Claremont is home to Pomona College.
Where Claremont beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| College | Students |
|---|---|
| Pomona College | 1,664 |
| Claremont Graduate University | 1,524 |
| Claremont McKenna College | 1,384 |
7 colleges in town.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Claremont is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 2%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,114 in 1910, 37,266 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1900 and 8 maps from 1897 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Claremont. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Theme parkDisneyland17.3M visitors a year
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaSoFi Stadium
Big draw36 mi LandmarkHollywood Walk of Fame10.0M visitors a year
Big draw34 mi MuseumLucas Museum of Narrative Art
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Big draw25 mi Theme parkKnott's Berry Farm4.5M visitors a yearDisneyland: HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · SoFi Stadium: Thank You (21 Millions+) views, CC BY 2.0 · Hollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: Kriddl, CC0 · Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: CanonStarGal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Knott's Berry Farm: Phydend at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Claremont, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Claremont.
Claremont is shaped by its college students, keeps more of its land conserved than most of California and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
Its 2,611 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 92% of California towns.
28 miles of trail in 25 parks and preserves. At 2.1 miles per square mile, Claremont’s trail density is above both the California town median (1.0) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Claremont Hills Wilderness Park, at 1,845 acres with 11.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Claremont Hills Wilderness Park | 11.6 mi | 1,845 |
| 2. Sycamore Canyon Park | 0.9 mi | 148 |
| 3. Larkin Park | 0.8 mi | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A− for schools comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.01M.
Its public schools are run by the Claremont Unified school district. Two of its 16 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Roble IntermediateLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 952 | – |
| Claremont HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,065 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with California is no health insurance: 5.5% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 10.6% statewide.
21% of adults have obesity in Claremont. Claremont beats the California average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 40% of adults feel lonely in Claremont.
| Claremont | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 29% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 36% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7% | 11% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Claremont | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 10.6% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.5% | 10.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 7.4% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 96% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Claremont since 1980.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 36.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 69% of California’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 978 to 681 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The property crime rate in Claremont is 16.1 per 1,000 residents.
| Claremont | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 16.1 per 1,000 residents | 13.3 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.9 per 1,000 residents | 2.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
At 10.5 years of the Los Angeles metro’s $96K median household income, the typical home (about $1.01M) costs more against local pay than in 79% of California towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living.
Claremont’s median rent is $2,237 a month. The typical Claremont home is worth about $1,011,000, up 2.2% in a year, 33% above the California typical home.
| Claremont | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,237 a month | $1,895 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 63% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
January nights average 44°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.3°.
Claremont has warm winters and warm summers, with very little rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Claremont | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 44°F | 40°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 89°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Claremont has about as many jobs (16,537) as working residents, but only 2,630 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Claremont for work: only 18% work in town. 25% of Claremont workers work from home. Since 2013, Claremont has added 2,780 jobs, to 16,537 in 2023.
| Claremont | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 25% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $126,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 18% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
21 within 15 miles of the center of Claremont
College town 21 of every 100 Claremont residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
30.4% of the town is conserved land, across 25 parks and preserves.
8 places in Claremont on the National Register of Historic Places.
10 notable people were born in Claremont.
City in California, United States
Claremont ( KLAIR-mont) is a suburban city in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States, 30 miles (48 km) east of Los Angeles. It lies in the San Gabriel Valley at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 34,926, and in 2020 the population was 37,266. Claremont is home to the seven Claremont Colleges and several other educational institutions and is known for its tree-lined streets with numerous historic buildings. Because of this, it is sometimes referred to as "The City of Trees and Ph.Ds." It was named the best suburb in the West by Sunset Magazine in 2016, which described it as a "small city that blends worldly sophistication …
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3 towns share a border with Claremont.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; San Antonio Heights (B−) comes closest.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont | #185 | B− | D− | C− | A− | A |
| Pomona | #671 | D | D | D | C+ | C+ |
| La Verne | #237 | B− | D− | C | A | A− |
| San Antonio Heights | #217 | B− | D− | — | B+ | A |
San Antonio Heights reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Claremont with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Claremont grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #185 of 841 in California. It grades A for health, C− for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
10 notable people were born here, including Robert Buckley and Kori Carter.
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