Housing density: 2,192 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $387,854.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,299 (lower quartile is $936, upper quartile is $1,635)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,037
Median gross rent in Modesto, CA in 2022: $1,517
Housing units in Modesto with a mortgage: 31,398 (2,034 second mortgage, 134 home equity loan, 1,722 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 418
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $106,949
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $71,788
Size of family households: 20,026 2-persons, 10,783 3-persons, 9,819 4-persons, 5,284 5-persons, 3,167 6-persons, 2,709 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 18,823 1-person, 4,793 2-persons, 332 3-persons.
36,087 married couples with children.
13,405 single-parent households (3,662 men, 9,743 women).
60.2% of residents of Modesto speak English at home.
29.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
5.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 43,410 (19.9%)
(49.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 74.9% Number of people working at home: 7,302 (7.7% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 2,660
5 to 9 minutes: 8,448
10 to 14 minutes: 11,362
15 to 19 minutes: 17,781
20 to 24 minutes: 11,970
25 to 29 minutes: 5,897
30 to 34 minutes: 8,226
35 to 39 minutes: 2,322
40 to 44 minutes: 4,037
45 to 59 minutes: 4,164
60 to 89 minutes: 4,532
90 or more minutes: 5,999
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 77,606 (79.0%)
Carpooled: 10,066 (10.2%)
Bus: 755 (0.8%)
Taxi: 1,247 (1.3%)
Bicycle: 300 (0.3%)
Walked: 953 (1.0%)
Worked at home: 7,302 (7.4%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
6.2%Males
6.2%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
3.2%Males
6.2%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
4.0%Males
9.7%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
18.1%Males
4.7%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
2.4%Males
9.2%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
5.4%Males
9.3%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
5.0%Males
10.6%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Modesto, California
10,3612010 or later
9,5912000 to 2009
8,5241990 to 1999
10,6181980 to 1989
5,8981970 to 1979
3,947Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
English: 6,508 (4.9%)
German: 4,716 (3.5%)
Irish: 4,117 (3.1%)
American: 3,723 (2.8%)
European: 3,488 (2.6%)
Portuguese: 2,991 (2.2%)
Italian: 2,856 (2.1%)
Afghan: 1,805 (1.4%)
Assyrian: 1,517 (1.1%)
Dutch: 792 (0.6%)
Russian: 617 (0.5%)
Norwegian: 482 (0.4%)
Iraqi: 475 (0.4%)
Scottish: 450 (0.3%)
French: 430 (0.3%)
Swedish: 381 (0.3%)
Greek: 365 (0.3%)
Polish: 330 (0.2%)
Iranian: 299 (0.2%)
Eastern European: 292 (0.2%)
Ethiopian: 290 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 286 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 282 (0.2%)
Welsh: 256 (0.2%)
Nigerian: 247 (0.2%)
Lebanese: 229 (0.2%)
Danish: 217 (0.2%)
African: 194 (0.1%)
British: 160 (0.1%)
Romanian: 151 (0.1%)
Swiss: 150 (0.1%)
Northern European: 128 (0.10%)
Slovak: 94 (0.07%)
Canadian: 89 (0.07%)
Scandinavian: 86 (0.06%)
French Canadian: 78 (0.06%)
Yugoslavian: 68 (0.05%)
Syrian: 66 (0.05%)
Estonian: 64 (0.05%)
Jordanian: 58 (0.04%)
Palestinian: 53 (0.04%)
Jamaican: 43 (0.03%)
Finnish: 42 (0.03%)
Slavic: 42 (0.03%)
Hungarian: 35 (0.03%)
Croatian: 34 (0.03%)
Austrian: 31 (0.02%)
Basque: 26 (0.02%)
Egyptian: 25 (0.02%)
Serbian: 25 (0.02%)
Brazilian: 23 (0.02%)
Czech: 21 (0.02%)
New Zealander: 18 (0.01%)
Armenian: 18 (0.01%)
Haitian: 17 (0.01%)
Latvian: 16 (0.01%)
Israeli: 13 (0.01%)
Czechoslovakian: 9 (0.01%)
Australian: 9 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Modesto:
50.0% (19,679)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Afghanistan
Modesto:
6.3% (2,460)
California:
0.5% (53,260)
Philippines
Modesto:
5.2% (2,058)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
India
Modesto:
4.6% (1,809)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Iraq
Modesto:
3.6% (1,402)
California:
0.4% (40,941)
Fiji
Modesto:
3.5% (1,388)
California:
0.3% (33,937)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Modesto:
2.5% (1,002)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Cambodia
Modesto:
2.4% (956)
California:
0.5% (51,974)
Vietnam
Modesto:
2.2% (883)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
El Salvador
Modesto:
2.1% (810)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
Iran
Modesto:
2.1% (809)
California:
2.0% (206,004)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 147,218
Other state: 23,571
Northeast: 2,076
Midwest: 7,174
South: 7,157
West: 7,164
86.1% of Modesto residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 38.2% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 78.9% lived in California.
Modesto:
86.1%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,913
Nursery to 4th grade: 1,592
5th and 6th grade: 2,613
7th and 8th grade: 1,025
9th grade: 686
10th grade: 890
11th grade: 1,423
12th grade, no diploma: 2,468
High school graduate (or equivalency): 21,188
Less than 1 year of college: 4,456
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 11,011
Associate degree: 6,093
Bachelor's degree: 10,173
Master's degree: 1,821
Professional school degree: 1,024
Doctorate degree: 403
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 2,339
Nursery to 4th grade: 758
5th and 6th grade: 2,336
7th and 8th grade: 1,416
9th grade: 1,247
10th grade: 860
11th grade: 1,197
12th grade, no diploma: 1,344
High school graduate (or equivalency): 19,926
Less than 1 year of college: 6,309
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 12,757
Associate degree: 7,857
Bachelor's degree: 10,540
Master's degree: 3,683
Professional school degree: 1,173
Doctorate degree: 564
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 55,401
One, attached: 4,640
Two: 1,349
3 or 4: 3,765
5 to 9: 3,191
10 to 19: 1,577
20 to 49: 1,782
50 or more: 4,833
Mobile homes: 1,917
Median worth of mobile homes: $90,000
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.2%
House/condo owner moved in on average 10 years ago