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Cost of living in Clovis
Housing is more expensive than the US average. Rents, home prices, taxes and how far a paycheck goes.
Median rent
$1,662/mo
23% above US
Median home value
$453,300
49% above US
Median household income
$100,360
28% above US
Rent as share of income
20%
US 21%
Home price to income
4.5×
US 3.9×
Sales tax
8.975%
Rent by number of bedrooms
HUD 2027 fair market rents for Fresno, CA HUD Metro FMR Area (gross rent including utilities, near the 40th percentile of local rents). Source: HUD USER.
How Clovis compares
- Clovis$1,662
- California$1,956
- United States$1,348
- Fresno$1,324
- Visalia$1,397
- Paso Robles$1,947
- Salinas$1,923
- Stockton$1,495
- San Luis Obispo$1,906
- Carmel-by-the-Sea$2,933
- Livermore$2,640
- Clovis$453,300
- California$695,400
- United States$303,400
- Fresno$348,500
- Visalia$340,600
- Paso Robles$648,400
- Salinas$610,900
- Stockton$412,900
- San Luis Obispo$896,500
- Carmel-by-the-Sea$2,000,001
- Livermore$1,038,600
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Life in Clovis
Questions
Is Clovis expensive to live in?
Housing in Clovis is more expensive than the national average: median rent is $1,662 (23% above US) and the median home value is $453,300 (49% above US).
How much is rent in Clovis?
The median gross rent is $1,662 a month. HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for the area are studio $1,354, 1 bedroom $1,363, 2 bedrooms $1,685, 3 bedrooms $2,333, 4 bedrooms $2,671.
How much of their income do renters spend in Clovis?
At the median, a year’s rent ($19,944) equals about 20% of the median household income ($100,360); nationally it’s about 21%.
What are taxes like in Clovis?
Sales tax is 8.975% and property taxes run about 0.89% of home value a year.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates; HUD fair market rents; CDTFA California City & County Sales & Use Tax Rates.