Denair vs West Modesto

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

Denair 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 5,085 in Denair). Denair has the higher median household income ($97,468 vs $61,833 in West Modesto). Denair has the higher median home value ($407,800 vs $285,700 in West Modesto).

Population, income & housing

	Denair	West Modesto
Population	5,085	5,633
Median age	34.6 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$97,468	$61,833
Median home value	$407,800	$285,700
Median gross rent	$1,372	$1,344
Housing units	1,701	1,556
Homeownership rate	71.8%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denair	West Modesto
Population	5,101 → 5,085 (-0.3%)	5,762 → 5,633 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$71,277 → $97,468 (+36.7%)	$37,731 → $61,833 (+63.9%)
Median home value	$306,500 → $407,800 (+33.1%)	$149,700 → $285,700 (+90.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,166 → $1,372 (+17.7%)	$1,029 → $1,344 (+30.6%)

Denair

Population

5,1015,085

Median household income

$71,277$97,468

Median home value

$306,500$407,800

Median gross rent

$1,166$1,372

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)

	Denair	West Modesto
Under 5	11.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	23.7%
18 to 24	11.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	8.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	5.3%
75 and over	3.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denair	West Modesto
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	15.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	32.6%	73.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denair	West Modesto
No high school diploma	11.7%	34.0%
High school graduate	29.6%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denair	West Modesto
Drove alone	81.0%	67.2%
Carpooled	14.8%	23.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denair	West Modesto
1-unit, detached	83.0%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Denair	West Modesto
Poverty rate	14.2%	18.9%
Average household size	3.02	3.70
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1977	1951