Stockton vs Tracy

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

Stockton and Tracy 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 95,358 in Tracy). Tracy has the higher median household income ($118,253 vs $76,851 in Stockton). Tracy has the higher median home value ($653,900 vs $412,900 in Stockton).

Population, income & housing

	Stockton	Tracy
Population	320,470	95,358
Median age	33.7 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,851	$118,253
Median home value	$412,900	$653,900
Median gross rent	$1,495	$2,325
Housing units	104,955	28,998
Homeownership rate	53.2%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stockton	Tracy
Population	309,228 → 320,470 (+3.6%)	90,675 → 95,358 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$54,614 → $76,851 (+40.7%)	$92,046 → $118,253 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$273,400 → $412,900 (+51.0%)	$446,200 → $653,900 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $1,495 (+34.1%)	$1,774 → $2,325 (+31.1%)

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

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)

	Stockton	Tracy
Under 5	6.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.3%	19.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.8%
75 and over	5.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stockton	Tracy
White (non-Hispanic)	17.5%	25.3%
Black or African American	11.0%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	20.5%	21.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.7%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	45.2%	41.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stockton	Tracy
No high school diploma	22.9%	16.3%
High school graduate	28.1%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stockton	Tracy
Drove alone	76.7%	69.9%
Carpooled	13.3%	12.5%
Public transit	1.2%	1.5%
Walked	1.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.8%	13.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stockton	Tracy
1-unit, detached	67.1%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	9.7%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Stockton	Tracy
Poverty rate	15.4%	7.7%
Average household size	3.20	3.40
Mean commute (minutes)	32	43
Median year structure built	1979	1995