Merced vs Winton

A side-by-side comparison of Merced and Winton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Merced has the higher population (89,766 vs 11,429 in Winton). Merced has the higher median household income ($59,938 vs $58,884 in Winton). Merced has the higher median home value ($347,700 vs $296,800 in Winton).

Population, income & housing

	Merced	Winton
Population	89,766	11,429
Median age	29.8 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,938	$58,884
Median home value	$347,700	$296,800
Median gross rent	$1,293	$1,099
Housing units	29,208	3,289
Homeownership rate	44.4%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merced	Winton
Population	82,662 → 89,766 (+8.6%)	11,288 → 11,429 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$45,232 → $59,938 (+32.5%)	$45,858 → $58,884 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$237,500 → $347,700 (+46.4%)	$171,900 → $296,800 (+72.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,005 → $1,293 (+28.7%)	$838 → $1,099 (+31.1%)

Merced

Population

82,66289,766

Median household income

$45,232$59,938

Median home value

$237,500$347,700

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,293

Winton

Population

11,28811,429

Median household income

$45,858$58,884

Median home value

$171,900$296,800

Median gross rent

$838$1,099

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merced	Winton
Under 5	7.6%	9.2%
5 to 17	22.5%	20.8%
18 to 24	11.9%	11.8%
25 to 34	16.6%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	9.0%
65 to 74	6.0%	6.3%
75 and over	3.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merced	Winton
White (non-Hispanic)	22.7%	13.1%
Black or African American	4.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	9.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	58.5%	82.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merced	Winton
No high school diploma	22.8%	38.6%
High school graduate	26.8%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merced	Winton
Drove alone	75.4%	73.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	13.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.4%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	3.5%
Other means	6.2%	9.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merced	Winton
1-unit, detached	65.1%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	5.7%
20 or more units	5.5%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Merced	Winton
Poverty rate	23.0%	12.9%
Average household size	3.22	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1983	1983