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Atwater CCD, Merced County, CA

54,200 Population
98.7 square miles 548.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Merced County: 31.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,335 ±$3,162 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Merced County: $27,711 ±$806
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$65,441 ±$2,615 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Merced County: $65,044 ±$2,052
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

17.2% ±2.2% (9,092  ±1,170) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Merced County: 18.4% 51,655 (±1.1% / ±2,934)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

28 minutes ±1.9 (559,440  ±47,650) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Merced County: 31 3,117,125 (±1 / ±112,940)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

16,424 ±553 Number of households
  • Merced County: 84,605 ±603
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
3.2 ±0.1 (52,773  ±1,524) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Merced County: 3.3 280,581 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

5.9% ±1.5% (732  ±195) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Merced County: 5.8% † 4,019 (±0.8% / ±573)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

16,944 ±544 Number of housing units
  • Merced County: 89,610 ±97
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$352,100 ±$9,013 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Merced County: $368,400 ±$6,118
  • about half the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

8.8% ±1.5% (4,696  ±788.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Merced County: 10.9% 30,630 (±0.9% / ±2,502.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

71.6% ±2.7% (24,042  ±1,178.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Merced County: 71.9% 123,280 (±1.7% / ±2,964.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
13.9% ±1.4% (4,680  ±483.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Merced County: 14.8% 25,346 (±0.8% / ±1,310.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

23.5% ±1.8% (12,717  ±1,058) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Merced County: 26.1% 74,422
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

5.8% ±0.7% (2,225  ±292) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Merced County: 4% 8,005 (±0.3% / ±641)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
2,225 Total veterans ±292 1,946 Male ±262 279 Female ±123

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