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Atwater, CA

32,162 Population
6.6 square miles 4,897.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Merced, CA Metro Area: 31.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,045 ±$2,921 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Merced, CA Metro Area: $28,030 ±$830
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$64,472 ±$5,226 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Merced, CA Metro Area: $65,510 ±$2,304
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

21% ±3.7% (6,691  ±1,190) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Merced, CA Metro Area: 19.1% 54,568 (±1.2% / ±3,516)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

28.4 minutes ±2.3 (342,785  ±33,552) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Merced, CA Metro Area: 31.3 3,243,865 (±1 / ±123,991)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

9,872 ±530 Number of households
  • the Merced, CA Metro Area: 86,055 ±548
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
3.2 ±0.2 (31,998  ±45) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Merced, CA Metro Area: 3.3 285,754 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

6% ±2.2% (462  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Merced, CA Metro Area: 5.8% † 4,147 (±0.8% / ±568)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

10,080 ±510 Number of housing units
  • the Merced, CA Metro Area: 90,872 ±70
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$363,400 ±$9,768 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Merced, CA Metro Area: $391,800 ±$5,618
  • about half the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

8.4% ±2.3% (2,662  ±740.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Merced, CA Metro Area: 10.1% 29,046 (±0.9% / ±2,422.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

74.4% ±4.3% (14,683  ±997.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Merced, CA Metro Area: 72.3% 125,865 (±1.6% / ±2,765.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
12.9% ±1.9% (2,545  ±383.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Merced, CA Metro Area: 15.3% 26,697 (±0.7% / ±1,235.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

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

21.6% ±2.7% (6,932  ±877) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Merced, CA Metro Area: 25.6% 74,255
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

6.2% ±1% (1,411  ±241) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Merced, CA Metro Area: 3.6% 7,464 (±0.3% / ±668)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
1,411 Total veterans ±241 1,167 Male ±211 244 Female ±93

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