Ceres vs Turlock

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

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

Turlock has the higher population (72,400 vs 48,918 in Ceres). Turlock has the higher median household income ($79,807 vs $76,862 in Ceres). Turlock has the higher median home value ($443,900 vs $397,200 in Ceres).

Population, income & housing

	Ceres	Turlock
Population	48,918	72,400
Median age	32.7 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,862	$79,807
Median home value	$397,200	$443,900
Median gross rent	$1,584	$1,498
Housing units	14,209	26,215
Homeownership rate	63.7%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ceres	Turlock
Population	48,214 → 48,918 (+1.5%)	72,904 → 72,400 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$58,667 → $76,862 (+31.0%)	$59,681 → $79,807 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$270,500 → $397,200 (+46.8%)	$310,100 → $443,900 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,584 (+32.9%)	$1,123 → $1,498 (+33.4%)

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

Turlock

Population

72,90472,400

Median household income

$59,681$79,807

Median home value

$310,100$443,900

Median gross rent

$1,123$1,498

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ceres	Turlock
Under 5	7.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.6%
75 and over	4.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ceres	Turlock
White (non-Hispanic)	20.9%	43.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	9.5%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	65.6%	43.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ceres	Turlock
No high school diploma	25.7%	18.3%
High school graduate	32.7%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ceres	Turlock
Drove alone	82.7%	81.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	7.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	0.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.8%
Other means	0.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ceres	Turlock
1-unit, detached	77.3%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	7.2%
20 or more units	6.1%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Ceres	Turlock
Poverty rate	14.4%	10.8%
Average household size	3.51	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1986	1984