Ceres vs Modesto

A side-by-side comparison of Ceres and Modesto: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Modesto has the higher population (218,614 vs 48,918 in Ceres). Modesto has the higher median household income ($77,899 vs $76,862 in Ceres). Modesto has the higher median home value ($415,600 vs $397,200 in Ceres).

Population, income & housing

	Ceres	Modesto
Population	48,918	218,614
Median age	32.7 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,862	$77,899
Median home value	$397,200	$415,600
Median gross rent	$1,584	$1,609
Housing units	14,209	75,525
Homeownership rate	63.7%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ceres	Modesto
Population	48,214 → 48,918 (+1.5%)	212,616 → 218,614 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$58,667 → $76,862 (+31.0%)	$59,287 → $77,899 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$270,500 → $397,200 (+46.8%)	$283,800 → $415,600 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,584 (+32.9%)	$1,176 → $1,609 (+36.8%)

Ceres

Population

48,21448,918

Median household income

$58,667$76,862

Median home value

$270,500$397,200

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,584

Modesto

Population

212,616218,614

Median household income

$59,287$77,899

Median home value

$283,800$415,600

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,609

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ceres	Modesto
Under 5	7.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	21.5%	19.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.7%
75 and over	4.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ceres	Modesto
White (non-Hispanic)	20.9%	39.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	9.5%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.8%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	65.6%	43.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ceres	Modesto
No high school diploma	25.7%	16.7%
High school graduate	32.7%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ceres	Modesto
Drove alone	82.7%	76.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	12.1%
Public transit	0.4%	1.1%
Walked	0.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ceres	Modesto
1-unit, detached	77.3%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	5.4%
20 or more units	6.1%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Ceres	Modesto
Poverty rate	14.4%	13.0%
Average household size	3.51	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1986	1978