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Modesto, CA Urban Area

359,115 Population
70.4 square miles 5,102.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,640 ±$1,714 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$80,358 ±$4,082 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.5% ±2.4% (51,756  ±8,587) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

29.8 minutes ±1.7 (4,156,315  ±286,096) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

115,347 ±2,321 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.1 ±0.1 (354,600  ±6,134) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.8% ±1.1% (3,394  ±1,012) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

118,137 ±2,525 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$456,900 ±$8,257 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.8% ±1.3% (27,734  ±4,532.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

78.6% ±3.1% (181,706  ±7,781) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
19.1% ±1.6% (44,212  ±3,820.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

21.6% ±1.3% (77,716  ±4,871) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.6% ±0.6% (9,673  ±1,596) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
9,673 Total veterans ±1,596 8,571 Male ±1,335 1,102 Female ±568

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