Ceres vs Salida

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

Ceres and Salida 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 14,457 in Salida). Salida has the higher median household income ($91,990 vs $76,862 in Ceres). Salida has the higher median home value ($448,700 vs $397,200 in Ceres).

Population, income & housing

	Ceres	Salida
Population	48,918	14,457
Median age	32.7 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,862	$91,990
Median home value	$397,200	$448,700
Median gross rent	$1,584	$2,004
Housing units	14,209	4,337
Homeownership rate	63.7%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ceres	Salida
Population	48,214 → 48,918 (+1.5%)	14,229 → 14,457 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$58,667 → $76,862 (+31.0%)	$82,745 → $91,990 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$270,500 → $397,200 (+46.8%)	$301,700 → $448,700 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,584 (+32.9%)	$1,565 → $2,004 (+28.1%)

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

Salida

Population

14,22914,457

Median household income

$82,745$91,990

Median home value

$301,700$448,700

Median gross rent

$1,565$2,004

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ceres	Salida
Under 5	7.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	11.2%
25 to 34	15.1%	18.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.2%
75 and over	4.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ceres	Salida
White (non-Hispanic)	20.9%	33.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	9.5%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	65.6%	53.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ceres	Salida
No high school diploma	25.7%	19.3%
High school graduate	32.7%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ceres	Salida
Drove alone	82.7%	84.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	9.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.7%
Walked	0.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ceres	Salida
1-unit, detached	77.3%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Ceres	Salida
Poverty rate	14.4%	9.5%
Average household size	3.51	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1986	1993