Bret Harte vs West Modesto

A side-by-side comparison of Bret Harte and West Modesto: population, income, housing, and more.

Bret Harte and West Modesto are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Modesto has the higher population (5,633 vs 4,807 in Bret Harte). West Modesto has the higher median household income ($61,833 vs $42,422 in Bret Harte). Bret Harte has the higher median home value ($289,300 vs $285,700 in West Modesto).

Population, income & housing

	Bret Harte	West Modesto
Population	4,807	5,633
Median age	23.5 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,422	$61,833
Median home value	$289,300	$285,700
Median gross rent	$1,360	$1,344
Housing units	1,112	1,556
Homeownership rate	36.2%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.8%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bret Harte	West Modesto
Population	5,148 → 4,807 (-6.6%)	5,762 → 5,633 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$37,526 → $42,422 (+13.0%)	$37,731 → $61,833 (+63.9%)
Median home value	$134,200 → $289,300 (+115.6%)	$149,700 → $285,700 (+90.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,045 → $1,360 (+30.1%)	$1,029 → $1,344 (+30.6%)

Bret Harte

Population

5,1484,807

Median household income

$37,526$42,422

Median home value

$134,200$289,300

Median gross rent

$1,045$1,360

West Modesto

Population

5,7625,633

Median household income

$37,731$61,833

Median home value

$149,700$285,700

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,344

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bret Harte	West Modesto
Under 5	13.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	28.1%	23.7%
18 to 24	11.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	17.5%	16.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	4.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	4.6%	5.3%
75 and over	1.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bret Harte	West Modesto
White (non-Hispanic)	4.9%	15.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	92.4%	73.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bret Harte	West Modesto
No high school diploma	40.4%	34.0%
High school graduate	45.1%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bret Harte	West Modesto
Drove alone	85.4%	67.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	23.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	8.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bret Harte	West Modesto
1-unit, detached	90.0%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Bret Harte	West Modesto
Poverty rate	44.1%	18.9%
Average household size	4.45	3.70
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1963	1951