Lathrop vs Manteca

A side-by-side comparison of Lathrop and Manteca: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Manteca has the higher population (86,521 vs 32,696 in Lathrop). Lathrop has the higher median household income ($118,605 vs $94,718 in Manteca). Lathrop has the higher median home value ($605,000 vs $561,200 in Manteca).

Population, income & housing

	Lathrop	Manteca
Population	32,696	86,521
Median age	34.2 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$118,605	$94,718
Median home value	$605,000	$561,200
Median gross rent	$2,367	$1,934
Housing units	8,825	28,195
Homeownership rate	83.8%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lathrop	Manteca
Population	22,341 → 32,696 (+46.3%)	79,129 → 86,521 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$85,805 → $118,605 (+38.2%)	$72,867 → $94,718 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$358,900 → $605,000 (+68.6%)	$386,400 → $561,200 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,715 → $2,367 (+38.0%)	$1,451 → $1,934 (+33.3%)

Lathrop

Population

22,34132,696

Median household income

$85,805$118,605

Median home value

$358,900$605,000

Median gross rent

$1,715$2,367

Manteca

Population

79,12986,521

Median household income

$72,867$94,718

Median home value

$386,400$561,200

Median gross rent

$1,451$1,934

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lathrop	Manteca
Under 5	7.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	16.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	8.3%
75 and over	3.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lathrop	Manteca
White (non-Hispanic)	18.8%	36.1%
Black or African American	7.1%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	32.3%	13.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	1.7%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	35.1%	39.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lathrop	Manteca
No high school diploma	17.3%	13.9%
High school graduate	29.2%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lathrop	Manteca
Drove alone	71.5%	74.4%
Carpooled	13.7%	12.4%
Public transit	2.1%	1.5%
Walked	0.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.0%	9.5%
Other means	2.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lathrop	Manteca
1-unit, detached	91.7%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Lathrop	Manteca
Poverty rate	8.6%	10.4%
Average household size	3.86	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	44	39
Median year structure built	2005	1995