Rancho CalaverasCA
With 7,131 residents, it is a town in California.
Is Rancho Calaveras a good place to live?
Several subjects drag its grade down. Cost of living is its weak spot — the typical home is worth about $444K, 5.6 years of the county’s $79K median household income. With a D− overall, Rancho Calaveras is behind almost every U.S. town and ranks 800th of 841 in California. It also trails on health — CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 73% of the country. On the outdoors, just 5 of California’s 1,064 towns do worse. Rancho Calaveras’ mean commuting time is 51 minutes, above both California’s towns (28 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 89% of U.S. communities, with wildfire at the top. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 76% of U.S. towns.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · USGS PAD-US.
98% of working residents leave Rancho Calaveras for work
Where Rancho Calaveras’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Rancho Calaveras grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Rancho Calaveras is from typical.
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Moving to Rancho Calaveras: who provides what
Rancho Calaveras is unincorporated, so Calaveras 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 Rancho Calaveras.
Rancho Calaveras has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Stockton and beyond, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Top of a very high hazard risk in Rancho Calaveras: wildfire
Expected losses in Rancho Calaveras break down as 47% from wildfires and 23% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Rancho Calaveras’ schools rank behind 63% of California districts
Its one school is below. Rancho Calaveras’ only public school teaches 475 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenny Lind ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–7 | Grades K–7 | 475 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
The average trip to work in Rancho Calaveras is longer than in the typical California or U.S. town
Rancho Calaveras has 293 jobs for its 3,480 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 51.2 minutes, against 28.7 across California.
The top destinations are Stockton (9%), San Andreas (6%) and Sacramento (4%). 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Rancho Calaveras. The median commute is under 41 miles.
| Rancho Calaveras | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 51 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Rancho Calaveras’ grade for health is a C
Against the 10,102 U.S. towns with household incomes like Rancho Calaveras’s, it is less healthy than 88%, so it trails even them.
In Rancho Calaveras, 17% of adults report frequent physical distress. The town beats the California average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12. Among adults here, 17% smoke cigarettes and 19% report frequent mental distress.
| Rancho Calaveras | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Rancho Calaveras | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.3% | 10.6% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 75.2% | 71.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mild winters and hot summers in Rancho Calaveras
July afternoons average 95°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 39.1°.
Rancho Calaveras’ peak summer temperature is 95°F. Snow is a rarity.
| Rancho Calaveras | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 39°F | 41°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Rancho Calaveras stands out in California and nationally: a larger share of its households live in a home they own
Homes sold in Rancho Calaveras spent a median 36 days on the market. The median sale price was $410,000 in September 2026. In Rancho Calaveras, the midpoint rent is $1,826 a month.
| Rancho Calaveras | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 95% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,826 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 Rancho Calaveras
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Rancho Calaveras; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Rancho Calaveras residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Rancho Calaveras
Place in California, United States
Rancho Calaveras is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 5,590 at the 2020 census, up from 5,325 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 8.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 528 ft
- Area code
- 209
Questions about Rancho Calaveras
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rancho Calaveras, CA a good place to live?
Rancho Calaveras grades D− overall, in the bottom 2% of U.S. towns and #800 of 841 in California. It grades C for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Rancho Calaveras, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $444,000, 42% 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 D−.