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Salinas, CA Urban Area

172,995 Population
29.9 square miles 5,789.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,352 ±$2,522 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$81,835 ±$3,963 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

16.7% ±3.2% (28,664  ±5,555) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

28 minutes ±1.3 (1,948,135  ±151,849) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

47,484 ±2,228 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
3.6 ±0.2 (170,362  ±3,376) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.3% ±2% (2,233  ±835) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

50,368 ±2,373 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$648,800 ±$17,804 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.9% ±2.8% (15,106  ±4,756.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

59.7% ±3.4% (61,733  ±4,178.6) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
16.1% ±1.9% (16,612  ±2,023.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

36.9% ±2.8% (63,749  ±4,933) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.3% ±0.8% (4,061  ±925) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,061 Total veterans ±925 3,781 Male ±922 280 Female ±292

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