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Salinas, CA

160,779 Population
23.5 square miles 6,837.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 36 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$26,726 ±$1,766 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $38,649 ±$1,387
  • about half the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
$87,837 ±$8,843 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $93,290 ±$4,462
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381

16.1% ±3.6% (25,599  ±5,664) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 13.8% † 57,956 (±2.1% / ±8,781)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)

27.1 minutes ±1.6 (1,823,075  ±142,972) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 25.9 4,671,055 (±1 / ±217,574)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)

Families

41,668 ±2,049 Number of households
  • the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 132,591 ±1,848
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
3.8 ±0.2 (158,378  ±75) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 3.2 416,999 (±0 / ±426)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960

7.5% ±2.8% (3,036  ±1,144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 5.8% † 5,862 (±1.7% / ±1,687)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)

Housing

43,077 ±2,134 Number of housing units
  • the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 147,144 ±169
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124

$687,700 ±$30,017 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $808,600 ±$24,148
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644

6.3% ±2% (9,977  ±3,217.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 8.4% † 35,904 (±1.1% / ±4,640.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)

Social

60.6% ±4% (56,815  ±4,266.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 73.4% 206,180 (±2.7% / ±7,566)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
16% ±2.2% (14,956  ±2,147.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 28.8% 80,750 (±1.6% / ±4,456.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)

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

39.3% ±2.9% (63,185  ±4,704) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 30.4% 132,582
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022

1.9% ±0.6% (2,128  ±692) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 3.7% † 12,035 (±0.4% / ±1,320)
  • about half the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
2,128 Total veterans ±692 1,734 Male ±602 394 Female ±263

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