Clearlake OaksCA
2,198 people live in this town, settled in 1935.
Is Clearlake Oaks a good place to live?
The best of Clearlake Oaks’ subject grades is an A+ for walkability; the weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Clearlake Oaks’ age of the median resident is 61.7 years, above both California’s towns (39 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). Only 19 of California’s 1,056 towns score lower on incomes. Residents are less healthy than 91% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Clearlake Oaks has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Clearlake Oaks stand out
Where Clearlake Oaks beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
How Clearlake Oaks grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Clearlake Oaks is from typical.
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Moving to Clearlake Oaks: who provides what
Clearlake Oaks is unincorporated, so Lake County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Clearlake Oaks.
A typical Clearlake Oaks home is worth about $251K
The rent at the middle of the market for Clearlake Oaks comes to $1,506 a month. Typical home values fell 2.6% in the year to September 2026. Among households locally, 67% live in a home they own.
| Clearlake Oaks | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,506 a month | $1,896 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 67% | 64% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Public schools in Clearlake Oaks fall behind 85% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Konocti Unified school district. 195 students attend Clearlake Oaks’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| East LakeLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–7 | Grades K–7 | 195 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Clearlake Oaks stands out in California and nationally, with the FEMA risk score higher than most
Households in Clearlake Oaks have drawn federal disaster aid in 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2020. Expected losses in Clearlake Oaks break down as 83% from inland flooding and 10% from earthquakes. Paid flood insurance claims locally since 1998: 3.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of California and the rest of the country, more of Clearlake Oaks’ adults have diabetes
A quarter of Clearlake Oaks adults have been diagnosed with depression. Among 848 California towns, just 7 have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Clearlake Oaks. This California town does better than the California average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 21.
| Clearlake Oaks | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 22% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 12% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Clearlake Oaks | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.5% | 15.3% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.9% | 71.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 13.8% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mild winters and hot summers in Clearlake Oaks
Clearlake Oaks’ peak summer temperature stands at 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For most of its workers, the job is outside Clearlake Oaks
In Clearlake Oaks, the median household income is $36,000. Most working residents leave Clearlake Oaks for work: only 6% work in town. The share of residents in Clearlake Oaks who live below the poverty line: 21%. Employers in Clearlake Oaks added 332 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 507.
| Clearlake Oaks | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $36,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Protected land: 0.5% of Clearlake Oaks
Walkers can cover 0.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. In Clearlake Oaks, the density of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Clearlake Oaks | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Nylander County Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Clearlake Oaks
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Clearlake Oaks; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Clearlake Oaks residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
Questions about Clearlake Oaks
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clearlake Oaks, CA expensive?
Yes. That is 4.1 years of the area's median household income ($60,621 across the Clearlake, CA area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.