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Salinas, CA

159,521 Population
23.5 square miles 6,783.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,492 ±$2,697 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $38,437 ±$1,656
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$80,580 ±$4,406 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $88,035 ±$4,366
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

17.2% ±3.3% (27,064  ±5,262) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 14.3% † 59,055 (±1.6% / ±6,668)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

27.8 minutes ±1.3 (1,765,220  ±129,836) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 26.6 4,579,915 (±1 / ±204,623)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

43,233 ±1,984 Number of households
  • the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 132,170 ±1,792
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
3.6 ±0.2 (156,964  ±119) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 3.1 409,873 (±0 / ±569)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

5.3% ±2.1% (2,062  ±810) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 5.3% † 5,371 (±1.3% / ±1,322)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

45,745 ±2,143 Number of housing units
  • the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 146,355 ±209
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$643,000 ±$19,538 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: $759,100 ±$28,206
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

8.8% ±3% (13,844  ±4,689.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 10.2% † 43,681 (±1.6% / ±6,936.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

58.1% ±3.6% (54,625  ±3,795.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 73% 203,051 (±2.5% / ±7,107.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
15.3% ±1.9% (14,379  ±1,790.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 28.9% 80,498 (±1.5% / ±4,128.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

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

38% ±2.8% (60,679  ±4,501) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 29.6% 127,268
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

3.4% ±0.8% (3,759  ±874) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Salinas, CA Metro Area: 4.6% † 14,519 (±0.5% / ±1,675)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
3,759 Total veterans ±874 3,479 Male ±875 280 Female ±292

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