ParklawnCA
A town of 1,478.
Is Parklawn a good place to live?
Parklawn’s weakest subject grade is a D− for health. 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.
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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
In Parklawn, just over two thirds of adults had a checkup this year, below both California’s towns (72%) and U.S. towns (79%). For adults in the town, the share who say their health is fair or poor is 39%. This California town 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
With only 0.2 jobs per working resident, most people in Parklawn work out of town
In Parklawn, 13% of residents live below the poverty line, where California’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Half the trips to work are shorter than 23 miles. 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
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Parklawn is earthquakes, at a moderate overall level
FEMA puts just over four fifths of Parklawn’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 15% to inland flooding. Compared with 57% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is lower.
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.