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How Clovis's prices compare to the US city average across major spending categories.
How far does your salary go in Clovis?
Your $100,000 in Clovis has the same purchasing power as $95,030 in the average US city. You'd need $4,970 more here to maintain that standard of living.
Demographics and workforce data from the US Census ACS 5-Year.
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Climate, safety, and walkability indicators.
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Within 10 points of Clovis's cost index of 105, sorted by closest match.
These are the reasons people actually move to Clovis, ordered roughly by what shows up loudest in the data. A higher-income labor market than the national norm and on the calmer side of the national distribution lead, plus 1 more things worth knowing — the rest unpacked below.
The typical household in Clovis pulls in $98,554 — comfortably above the US median. Combined with the cost of living here, the income-to-expense ratio works out better than a quick look at either number in isolation would suggest.
Reported crime in Clovis comes in around 1,939 per 100,000 — under the national baseline of about 3,500. Worth digging into specific neighborhoods before settling on one, but the city-level picture is on the safer side.
Average commute time in Clovis runs around 24 minutes one-way — short enough that it doesn't restructure your day. Compared to the 45-plus-minute commutes that are normal in major metros, the difference adds up to a real lifestyle gap.
Reasons are pulled from Clovis's actual data — Census ACS, BLS, BEA, NOAA, EPA AQS, FBI, and Walk Score. We don't list positives that aren't supported by the numbers, which is why different cities show different sections.
Not really a snow town. With winters averaging 41°F, Clovis sits in the mild-cold band where snowflakes appear occasionally and everything melts within a day. Most years see one storm worth talking about.
Cool, not cold. Winters in Clovis sit around 41°F — sweater-and-jacket weather most days, with the occasional cold front that reminds you it's still winter.
Properly hot. Clovis's summer averages around 95°F with daily highs that routinely break 100°F. The trick to summer here is starting the day at sunrise and staying inside through the worst of it.
Zone 9, give or take a half-zone. Clovis's typical winter low puts it in that band on the USDA Hardiness map, which is what nurseries label plants against. Use Zone 9 as your starting filter; the USDA's interactive map is more precise for borderline cases.
Around 384 feet (117 m) above sea level — flat enough that nothing about Clovis's altitude shows up in daily life.
The headline number is reassuring. Clovis's reported incident rate of about 1,939 per 100,000 is comfortably below the US norm of around 3,500 per 100k. Specific neighborhoods always vary, but the broader picture is on the safer side.
It's a middle-of-the-road US city on cost. Clovis's index of 105 sits within a few points of the national average — your money buys roughly what it would in a typical American metro.
Clovis scores 47 out of 100 on Walk Score, which translates to "car-dependent but not aggressively so". Transit Score is 28 out of 100. Some neighborhoods buck the citywide average; the dense inner cores are usually noticeably more walkable than the city number suggests.
As a rule of thumb, plan on about $73,661 to live in Clovis the way a $70,000 earner lives in a typical US city. The math gets less forgiving the lower you go below that. Median rent in Clovis runs about $1,482/mo — keeping housing under 30% of gross income points to a similar floor on what you'd want to earn.