Empire vs West Modesto

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

Empire 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 3,867 in Empire). West Modesto has the higher median household income ($61,833 vs $48,990 in Empire). Empire has the higher median home value ($306,700 vs $285,700 in West Modesto).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	West Modesto
Population	3,867	5,633
Median age	38.1 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,990	$61,833
Median home value	$306,700	$285,700
Median gross rent	$1,106	$1,344
Housing units	1,198	1,556
Homeownership rate	57.8%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	West Modesto
Population	4,051 → 3,867 (-4.5%)	5,762 → 5,633 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$38,477 → $48,990 (+27.3%)	$37,731 → $61,833 (+63.9%)
Median home value	$160,400 → $306,700 (+91.2%)	$149,700 → $285,700 (+90.8%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $1,106 (+35.5%)	$1,029 → $1,344 (+30.6%)

Empire

Population

4,0513,867

Median household income

$38,477$48,990

Median home value

$160,400$306,700

Median gross rent

$816$1,106

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)

	Empire	West Modesto
Under 5	7.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	23.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	5.3%
75 and over	4.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire	West Modesto
White (non-Hispanic)	38.9%	15.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	58.3%	73.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	West Modesto
No high school diploma	26.4%	34.0%
High school graduate	41.6%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire	West Modesto
Drove alone	79.1%	67.2%
Carpooled	15.2%	23.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	8.0%
Other means	3.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	West Modesto
1-unit, detached	83.1%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Empire	West Modesto
Poverty rate	28.7%	18.9%
Average household size	3.17	3.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1972	1951