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Salinas, CA Urban Area

173,715 Population
29.9 square miles 5,813.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,454 ±$1,860 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$83,539 ±$8,355 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.4% ±3.4% (28,119  ±5,859) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.9 minutes ±1.6 (2,008,490  ±152,258) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

46,242 ±1,995 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.7 ±0.2 (171,294  ±3,116) Persons per household
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.1% ±2.6% (3,068  ±1,145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

47,743 ±2,147 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$694,500 ±$28,005 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6% ±1.9% (10,299  ±3,244) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

62.6% ±3.9% (64,213  ±4,480.6) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
16.8% ±2.1% (17,233  ±2,251.6) 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

38.1% ±2.7% (66,090  ±4,782) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.1% ±0.6% (2,508  ±731) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,508 Total veterans ±731 2,074 Male ±658 434 Female ±268

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