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Modesto, CA

220,617 Population
43.4 square miles 5,088.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 35.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$35,211 ±$1,816 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: $34,343 ±$1,128
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
$79,211 ±$5,572 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: $78,673 ±$4,378
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381

13.9% ±3.2% (30,342  ±6,958) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 14.2% † 78,172 (±1.8% / ±10,059)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)

29.5 minutes ±1.9 (2,597,880  ±219,532) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 30.4 6,553,890 (±1.3 / ±333,900)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)

Families

74,680 ±2,372 Number of households
  • the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 181,365 ±1,181
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
2.9 ±0.1 (217,528  ±140) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 3 550,366 (±0 / ±111)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960

2.6% ±1.3% (1,422  ±726) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 4.4% † 6,082 (±1% / ±1,367)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)

Housing

75,882 ±2,425 Number of housing units
  • the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 187,031 ±60
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124

$467,600 ±$10,992 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: $468,300 ±$7,759
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $759,500 ±$3,644

8.5% ±1.7% (18,586  ±3,734.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 8.6% † 47,359 (±1.2% / ±6,576.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)

Social

81.4% ±3.8% (119,608  ±6,545.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 79.9% 286,651 (±2.8% / ±10,066.8)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
22.1% ±2.1% (32,490  ±3,204.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 19.7% 70,727 (±1.4% / ±4,918.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)

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

19.2% ±1.6% (42,262  ±3,527) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 21.5% 119,928
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022

4.1% ±0.8% (6,808  ±1,396) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Modesto, CA Metro Area: 3.6% † 14,701 (±0.5% / ±2,103)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
6,808 Total veterans ±1,396 6,009 Male ±1,152 799 Female ±489

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