Manteca vs Stockton

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

Manteca 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 86,521 in Manteca). Manteca has the higher median household income ($94,718 vs $76,851 in Stockton). Manteca has the higher median home value ($561,200 vs $412,900 in Stockton).

Population, income & housing

	Manteca	Stockton
Population	86,521	320,470
Median age	36.6 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$94,718	$76,851
Median home value	$561,200	$412,900
Median gross rent	$1,934	$1,495
Housing units	28,195	104,955
Homeownership rate	71.8%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manteca	Stockton
Population	79,129 → 86,521 (+9.3%)	309,228 → 320,470 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$72,867 → $94,718 (+30.0%)	$54,614 → $76,851 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$386,400 → $561,200 (+45.2%)	$273,400 → $412,900 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,451 → $1,934 (+33.3%)	$1,115 → $1,495 (+34.1%)

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

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)

	Manteca	Stockton
Under 5	7.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.7%
75 and over	5.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manteca	Stockton
White (non-Hispanic)	36.1%	17.5%
Black or African American	3.5%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	13.9%	20.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	39.9%	45.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manteca	Stockton
No high school diploma	13.9%	22.9%
High school graduate	28.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manteca	Stockton
Drove alone	74.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	12.4%	13.3%
Public transit	1.5%	1.2%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.5%	6.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manteca	Stockton
1-unit, detached	81.3%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	8.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Manteca	Stockton
Poverty rate	10.4%	15.4%
Average household size	3.19	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	39	32
Median year structure built	1995	1979