Clearlake RivieraCA
With 4,122 residents, it is a town in California.
Is Clearlake Riviera a good place to live?
A town with more to fix than most. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−) — the typical home is worth about $328K, 5.4 years of the Clearlake area’s $61K median household income. Clearlake Riviera’s overall grade of D− puts it better than 4% of U.S. towns, 741st of 841 in California. It also trails on walkability (D). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. Hazard risk is weaker too — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of U.S. communities, with avalanches at the top. Health is its strong suit: residents are healthier than 60% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the outdoors, just 42 of California’s 1,064 towns do worse.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · USGS PAD-US.
Clearlake Riviera has grown 10% from 2010 to 2020
3,090 counted in 2010 and 3,410 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Clearlake Riviera grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Clearlake Riviera is from typical.
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Moving to Clearlake Riviera: who provides what
Clearlake Riviera 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 Riviera.
Clearlake Riviera sends most of its workers to Lakeport and beyond and has a longer frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of California; it also has little public open land.
Clearlake Riviera has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from avalanches
Of the losses FEMA expects in Clearlake Riviera, 34% come from avalanches and 31% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Clearlake Riviera’s schools rank behind 73% of California districts
The Kelseyville Unified school district runs its public schools. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Clearlake Riviera’s public school: 287 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riviera ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 287 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Few of Clearlake Riviera’s working residents work in town
Clearlake Riviera has 146 jobs for its 1,189 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 35.8 minutes, against 28.7 across California.
A fifth of workers work remotely from home in Clearlake Riviera, above both California’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (11%). For most workers, Clearlake Riviera is a place to come home to: only 3% work in town. Also worth knowing: jobs in Clearlake Riviera grew by 27 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 146. The town’s average trip to work comes in at 36 minutes.
| Clearlake Riviera | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 20% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.1% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Clearlake Riviera has mild winters and hot summers
The Clearlake 4 Se weather station, 9 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 209 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 85% of California places with climate records.
The July high for Clearlake Riviera comes to 90°F, above both the California town median (89°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Clearlake Riviera’s grade for health is a B
For adults in Clearlake Riviera, the share who feel lonely is 35%. CDC measures, 32 in all: Clearlake Riviera beats California on 8 and trails on 8. Among adults here, 24% have been diagnosed with depression and 30% have obesity.
| Clearlake Riviera | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 72% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 29% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Clearlake Riviera | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.5% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.9% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Clearlake Riviera is conserved land
Just 1 of its 3,367 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Clearlake Riviera itself; its outdoors grade is D.
Clearlake Riviera’s density of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile. 1.8 miles of trail.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Clearlake Riviera sells for about $362K
The median property tax bill is $2,386, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The rent at the middle of the market for Clearlake Riviera comes to $1,815 a month. Clearlake Riviera: 86% of households live in a home they own. On the market here: a median 175 days to sell.
| Clearlake Riviera | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,815 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Clearlake Riviera
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Clearlake Riviera; the nearest are
About 11 of every 100 Clearlake Riviera residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
97% of working residents leave Clearlake Riviera for work
Where Clearlake Riviera’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Clearlake Riviera
Census-designated place in California, United States
Kelseyville Riviera is a planned community in Lake County, California, United States. In 2021, its name was changed from Clear Lake Riviera by its homeowners association. The population was 3,410 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 5.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,755 ft
- Area code
- 707
Questions about Clearlake Riviera
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Clearlake Riviera, CA a good place to live?
Clearlake Riviera grades D− overall, better than 4% of U.S. towns and #741 of 841 in California. It grades B for health and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Clearlake Riviera, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $329,000, 57% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.