Lathrop vs Stockton

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

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

Stockton has the higher population (320,470 vs 32,696 in Lathrop). Lathrop has the higher median household income ($118,605 vs $76,851 in Stockton). Lathrop has the higher median home value ($605,000 vs $412,900 in Stockton).

Population, income & housing

	Lathrop	Stockton
Population	32,696	320,470
Median age	34.2 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$118,605	$76,851
Median home value	$605,000	$412,900
Median gross rent	$2,367	$1,495
Housing units	8,825	104,955
Homeownership rate	83.8%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lathrop	Stockton
Population	22,341 → 32,696 (+46.3%)	309,228 → 320,470 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$85,805 → $118,605 (+38.2%)	$54,614 → $76,851 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$358,900 → $605,000 (+68.6%)	$273,400 → $412,900 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,715 → $2,367 (+38.0%)	$1,115 → $1,495 (+34.1%)

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

Stockton

Population

309,228320,470

Median household income

$54,614$76,851

Median home value

$273,400$412,900

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,495

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lathrop	Stockton
Under 5	7.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	22.3%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	16.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.3%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.7%
75 and over	3.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lathrop	Stockton
White (non-Hispanic)	18.8%	17.5%
Black or African American	7.1%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	32.3%	20.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.5%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	35.1%	45.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lathrop	Stockton
No high school diploma	17.3%	22.9%
High school graduate	29.2%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lathrop	Stockton
Drove alone	71.5%	76.7%
Carpooled	13.7%	13.3%
Public transit	2.1%	1.2%
Walked	0.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.0%	6.8%
Other means	2.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lathrop	Stockton
1-unit, detached	91.7%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Lathrop	Stockton
Poverty rate	8.6%	15.4%
Average household size	3.86	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	44	32
Median year structure built	2005	1979