ParklawnCA
A town of 1,478.
Is Parklawn a good place to live?
Parklawn’s weakest subject grade is a D− for health. Only 25 of California’s 1,064 towns score lower on health. The typical home is worth about $377K, 4.6 years of the Modesto metro’s $81K median household income. On hazard risk, just 38 of California’s 1,064 towns do better. Parklawn has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,478 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Parklawn grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Parklawn is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Parklawn: who provides what
Parklawn is unincorporated, so Stanislaus 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 Parklawn.
A larger share of adults in Parklawn report frequent physical distress than in the typical California or U.S. town
20% of adults report frequent physical distress in Parklawn, against 14% in California’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 39% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Parklawn. Parklawn beats the California average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 20.
| Parklawn | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 22% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 24% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Parklawn | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.3% | 6.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 27% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Parklawn’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Parklawn for work: only 0% work in town. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Parklawn, where California’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. The top destinations are Modesto (20%), Ceres (6%) and Turlock (4%).
| Parklawn | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Parklawn, expect mild winters and hot summers
Parklawn has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Parklawn’s July high is 95°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Parklawn faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by earthquakes
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Parklawn Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Parklawn
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Parklawn
About 5 of every 100 Parklawn residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
100% of working residents leave Parklawn for work
Where Parklawn’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Parklawn
Census-designated place in California, United States
Parklawn is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stanislaus County, California. Parklawn sits at an elevation of 92 feet (28 m). The 2020 United States census reported Parklawn's population was 1,249.
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- Area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 92 ft
Questions about Parklawn
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Parklawn, CA expensive?
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.