Ceres vs Patterson

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

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

Ceres has the higher population (48,918 vs 24,306 in Patterson). Patterson has the higher median household income ($93,542 vs $76,862 in Ceres). Patterson has the higher median home value ($427,400 vs $397,200 in Ceres).

Population, income & housing

	Ceres	Patterson
Population	48,918	24,306
Median age	32.7 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,862	$93,542
Median home value	$397,200	$427,400
Median gross rent	$1,584	$1,391
Housing units	14,209	6,773
Homeownership rate	63.7%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ceres	Patterson
Population	48,214 → 48,918 (+1.5%)	22,066 → 24,306 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$58,667 → $76,862 (+31.0%)	$69,233 → $93,542 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$270,500 → $397,200 (+46.8%)	$306,900 → $427,400 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,584 (+32.9%)	$1,519 → $1,391 (-8.4%)

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

Patterson

Population

22,06624,306

Median household income

$69,233$93,542

Median home value

$306,900$427,400

Median gross rent

$1,519$1,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ceres	Patterson
Under 5	7.0%	9.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	22.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	11.0%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	17.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	4.9%
75 and over	4.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ceres	Patterson
White (non-Hispanic)	20.9%	16.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	2.6%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	65.6%	65.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ceres	Patterson
No high school diploma	25.7%	25.3%
High school graduate	32.7%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ceres	Patterson
Drove alone	82.7%	77.0%
Carpooled	11.7%	12.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.2%	8.9%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ceres	Patterson
1-unit, detached	77.3%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Ceres	Patterson
Poverty rate	14.4%	8.5%
Average household size	3.51	3.79
Mean commute (minutes)	34	47
Median year structure built	1986	2000