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Census Tract 17, Merced, CA

7,387 Population
1.5 square miles 4,876.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.1 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Merced: 30 ±0.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Merced County: 31.8 ±0.2

Economics

$20,329 ±$3,156 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Merced: $27,343 ±$1,513
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Merced County: $28,030 ±$830
$52,944 ±$8,771 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Merced: $63,122 ±$3,879
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Merced County: $65,510 ±$2,304

35.3% ±11.6% (2,601  ±894) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Merced: 23.9% 21,742 (±2.3% / ±2,081)
  • nearly double the rate in Merced County: 19.1% 54,568 (±1.2% / ±3,516)

21 minutes ±3.3 (47,705  ±11,753) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Merced: 28.7 940,205 (±1.8 / ±72,723)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Merced County: 31.3 3,243,865 (±1 / ±123,991)

Families

2,204 ±188 Number of households
  • Merced: 27,950 ±761
  • Merced County: 86,055 ±548
3.4 ±0.2 (7,378  ±787) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Merced: 3.3 90,885 (±0.1 / ±70)
  • about the same as the figure in Merced County: 3.3 285,754 (±0 / ±89)

2.8% ±2.7% (53  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Merced: 5.7% † 1,341 (±1.6% / ±389)
  • about half the rate in Merced County: 5.8% † 4,147 (±0.8% / ±568)

Housing

2,249 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Merced: 29,758 ±718
  • Merced County: 90,872 ±70

$312,900 ±$34,638 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Merced: $372,600 ±$7,435
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Merced County: $391,800 ±$5,618

7.9% ±4.6% (580  ±338.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Merced: 13% † 11,857 (±1.5% / ±1,400.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Merced County: 10.1% 29,046 (±0.9% / ±2,422.3)

Social

81.8% ±9% (3,112  ±470) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Merced: 76.9% 41,340 (±2.5% / ±1,593.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Merced County: 72.3% 125,865 (±1.6% / ±2,765.2)
13.9% ±5.5% (529  ±214.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Merced: 20.2% 10,856 (±1.4% / ±797.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Merced County: 15.3% 26,697 (±0.7% / ±1,235.1)

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

15.1% ±4% (1,116  ±319) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Merced: 22.1% 20,308 (±1.2% / ±1,140)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Merced County: 25.6% 74,255

4.2% ±2.6% (192  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Merced: 3.8% † 2,476 (±0.6% / ±394)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Merced County: 3.6% 7,464 (±0.3% / ±668)
192 Total veterans ±118 133 Male ±78 59 Female ±91

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