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Modesto, CA Metro Area

551,430 Population
1,496.2 square miles 368.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,790 ±$1,129 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$82,758 ±$3,418 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.3% ±1.5% (66,937  ±7,930) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

31.7 minutes ±1.6 (7,123,845  ±396,697) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

179,152 ±1,525 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
3.1 ±0 (545,899  ±78) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.2% ±1% (6,888  ±1,306) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

186,251 ±74 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$456,700 ±$7,344 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.2% ±1.3% (50,247  ±7,173.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

79% ±2.6% (279,039  ±9,164.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
21% ±1.3% (74,086  ±4,656.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

21.7% ±21,837.5% (119,524  ±7,135) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

4% ±0.5% (16,283  ±2,071) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
16,283 Total veterans ±2,071 15,314 Male ±1,903 969 Female ±555

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