Pacheco vs San Miguel

A side-by-side comparison of Pacheco and San Miguel: population, income, housing, and more.

Pacheco and San Miguel are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pacheco has the higher population (4,657 vs 3,991 in San Miguel). San Miguel has the higher median household income ($224,219 vs $100,152 in Pacheco). San Miguel has the higher median home value ($1,627,300 vs $283,600 in Pacheco).

Population, income & housing

	Pacheco	San Miguel
Population	4,657	3,991
Median age	41.8 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$100,152	$224,219
Median home value	$283,600	$1,627,300
Median gross rent	$1,984	$2,458
Housing units	1,784	1,356
Homeownership rate	76.0%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	67.5%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pacheco	San Miguel
Population	4,361 → 4,657 (+6.8%)	3,433 → 3,991 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$72,383 → $100,152 (+38.4%)	$172,073 → $224,219 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$165,300 → $283,600 (+71.6%)	$1,179,000 → $1,627,300 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,709 → $1,984 (+16.1%)	$2,350 → $2,458 (+4.6%)

Pacheco

Population

4,3614,657

Median household income

$72,383$100,152

Median home value

$165,300$283,600

Median gross rent

$1,709$1,984

San Miguel

Population

3,4333,991

Median household income

$172,073$224,219

Median home value

$1,179,000$1,627,300

Median gross rent

$2,350$2,458

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pacheco	San Miguel
Under 5	4.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.6%	20.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	17.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	15.2%	16.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	17.3%
75 and over	7.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pacheco	San Miguel
White (non-Hispanic)	49.9%	78.9%
Black or African American	6.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	18.7%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pacheco	San Miguel
No high school diploma	16.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	27.3%	8.0%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	31.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pacheco	San Miguel
Drove alone	66.9%	44.1%
Carpooled	16.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	13.6%
Walked	2.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	30.8%
Other means	2.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pacheco	San Miguel
1-unit, detached	43.6%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.7%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pacheco	San Miguel
Poverty rate	10.4%	2.8%
Average household size	2.61	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	1977	1956