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Empire, CA

3,429 Population
1.2 square miles 2,934.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±8.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 34.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,645 ±$4,126 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: $34,849 ±$575
  • about half the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,563 ±$22,679 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: $81,468 ±$1,473
  • about half the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.3% ±7.5% (764  ±288) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 13.5% 74,260 (±0.7% / ±3,832)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.8 minutes ±2.4 (29,165  ±6,519) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 30.8 6,597,685 (±0.5 / ±141,912)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,093 ±164 Number of households
  • the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 177,874 ±777
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.3 (3,298  ±588) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 3.1 547,854 (±0 / ±310)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.9% ±9.5% (88  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 5% 6,615 (±0.5% / ±650)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,217 ±146 Number of housing units
  • the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 185,149 ±132
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$335,200 ±$15,899 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: $450,100 ±$3,186
  • about half the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±6.6% (424  ±230) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 9.2% 50,255 (±0.5% / ±2,907)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

74.2% ±8.7% (1,942  ±380.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 79.9% 283,008 (±1.2% / ±4,235)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.7% ±4.3% (201  ±117.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 19.7% 69,633 (±0.7% / ±2,304.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

21% ±6.3% (719  ±249) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 21% 116,294
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±3.3% (148  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 4.2% 16,935 (±0.3% / ±1,061)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
148 Total veterans ±93 148 Male ±93 N/A Female ±14

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