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Modesto, CA Metro Area

556,972 Population
1,496.2 square miles 372.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,343 ±$1,128 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$78,673 ±$4,378 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.2% ±1.8% (78,172  ±10,059) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

30.4 minutes ±1.3 (6,553,890  ±333,900) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

181,365 ±1,181 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3 ±0 (550,366  ±111) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.4% ±1% (6,082  ±1,367) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

187,031 ±60 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$468,300 ±$7,759 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.6% ±1.2% (47,359  ±6,576.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

79.9% ±2.8% (286,651  ±10,066.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
19.7% ±1.4% (70,727  ±4,918.5) 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

21.5% (119,928  ±5,203) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.6% ±0.5% (14,701  ±2,103) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
14,701 Total veterans ±2,103 13,473 Male ±1,890 1,228 Female ±568

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