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Best places to live in Greater Modesto

17 places with 381,685 residents within about 25 km of Modesto, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, green space, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, lifestyle and amenities, mobility and connectivity and safety and community (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Modesto, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Riverbank
    California, 24,122 residents    32
  2. 2Hughson
    California, 7,384 residents    31
  3. 3West Modesto
    California, 5,682 residents    31
  4. 4Empire (California)
    California, 4,189 residents    30
  5. 5Oakdale (California)
    California, 22,259 residents    28
  6. 6Ceres
    California, 47,963 residents    25
  7. 7Riverdale Park (California)
    California, 1,128 residents    25
  8. 8Bystrom
    California, 4,008 residents    25
  9. 9Waterford (California)
    California, 8,824 residents    25
  10. 10Modesto
    California, 211,266 residents    24

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For retired couples

  1. 1Riverbank
    California, 24,122 residents    63
  2. 2Oakdale (California)
    California, 22,259 residents    63
  3. 3Hughson
    California, 7,384 residents    61
  4. 4West Modesto
    California, 5,682 residents    61
  5. 5Empire (California)
    California, 4,189 residents    60
  6. 6Ceres
    California, 47,963 residents    56
  7. 7Escalon
    California, 7,523 residents    55
  8. 8Modesto
    California, 211,266 residents    55
  9. 9Salida (California)
    California, 13,722 residents    55
  10. 10Waterford (California)
    California, 8,824 residents    54

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For remote workers

  1. 1Riverbank
    California, 24,122 residents    59
  2. 2Oakdale (California)
    California, 22,259 residents    58
  3. 3Hughson
    California, 7,384 residents    57
  4. 4West Modesto
    California, 5,682 residents    57
  5. 5Ceres
    California, 47,963 residents    54
  6. 6Modesto
    California, 211,266 residents    54
  7. 7Waterford (California)
    California, 8,824 residents    50
  8. 8Salida (California)
    California, 13,722 residents    50
  9. 9Escalon
    California, 7,523 residents    50
  10. 10Keyes
    California, 5,601 residents    50

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For commuters

  1. 1Modesto
    California, 211,266 residents    71
  2. 2Ceres
    California, 47,963 residents    67
  3. 3Bystrom
    California, 4,008 residents    64
  4. 4West Modesto
    California, 5,682 residents    64
  5. 5Empire (California)
    California, 4,189 residents    61
  6. 6Riverbank
    California, 24,122 residents    60
  7. 7Keyes
    California, 5,601 residents    57
  8. 8Hughson
    California, 7,384 residents    56
  9. 9Salida (California)
    California, 13,722 residents    55
  10. 10Ripon (California)
    California, 15,151 residents    55

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For single professionals

  1. 1Modesto
    California, 211,266 residents    62
  2. 2Ceres
    California, 47,963 residents    54
  3. 3West Modesto
    California, 5,682 residents    48
  4. 4Keyes
    California, 5,601 residents    42
  5. 5Riverbank
    California, 24,122 residents    39
  6. 6Hughson
    California, 7,384 residents    38
  7. 7Oakdale (California)
    California, 22,259 residents    34
  8. 8Ripon (California)
    California, 15,151 residents    33
  9. 9Salida (California)
    California, 13,722 residents    33
  10. 10Escalon
    California, 7,523 residents    31

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Ceres
    California, 47,963 residents    24
  2. 2Modesto
    California, 211,266 residents    23
  3. 3Riverbank
    California, 24,122 residents    21
  4. 4West Modesto
    California, 5,682 residents    20
  5. 5Bystrom
    California, 4,008 residents    20
  6. 6Hughson
    California, 7,384 residents    20
  7. 7Empire (California)
    California, 4,189 residents    20
  8. 8Oakdale (California)
    California, 22,259 residents    19
  9. 9Keyes
    California, 5,601 residents    19
  10. 10Salida (California)
    California, 13,722 residents    18

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Towns in Greater Modesto