Lathrop vs Tracy

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

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

Tracy has the higher population (95,358 vs 32,696 in Lathrop). Lathrop has the higher median household income ($118,605 vs $118,253 in Tracy). Tracy has the higher median home value ($653,900 vs $605,000 in Lathrop).

Population, income & housing

	Lathrop	Tracy
Population	32,696	95,358
Median age	34.2 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$118,605	$118,253
Median home value	$605,000	$653,900
Median gross rent	$2,367	$2,325
Housing units	8,825	28,998
Homeownership rate	83.8%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lathrop	Tracy
Population	22,341 → 32,696 (+46.3%)	90,675 → 95,358 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$85,805 → $118,605 (+38.2%)	$92,046 → $118,253 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$358,900 → $605,000 (+68.6%)	$446,200 → $653,900 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,715 → $2,367 (+38.0%)	$1,774 → $2,325 (+31.1%)

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

Tracy

Population

90,67595,358

Median household income

$92,046$118,253

Median home value

$446,200$653,900

Median gross rent

$1,774$2,325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lathrop	Tracy
Under 5	7.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	22.3%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	16.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	6.8%
75 and over	3.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lathrop	Tracy
White (non-Hispanic)	18.8%	25.3%
Black or African American	7.1%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	32.3%	21.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.7%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	35.1%	41.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lathrop	Tracy
No high school diploma	17.3%	16.3%
High school graduate	29.2%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lathrop	Tracy
Drove alone	71.5%	69.9%
Carpooled	13.7%	12.5%
Public transit	2.1%	1.5%
Walked	0.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.0%	13.0%
Other means	2.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lathrop	Tracy
1-unit, detached	91.7%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Lathrop	Tracy
Poverty rate	8.6%	7.7%
Average household size	3.86	3.40
Mean commute (minutes)	44	43
Median year structure built	2005	1995