Modesto vs Turlock

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

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

Modesto has the higher population (218,614 vs 72,400 in Turlock). Turlock has the higher median household income ($79,807 vs $77,899 in Modesto). Turlock has the higher median home value ($443,900 vs $415,600 in Modesto).

Population, income & housing

	Modesto	Turlock
Population	218,614	72,400
Median age	35.4 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,899	$79,807
Median home value	$415,600	$443,900
Median gross rent	$1,609	$1,498
Housing units	75,525	26,215
Homeownership rate	58.4%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Modesto	Turlock
Population	212,616 → 218,614 (+2.8%)	72,904 → 72,400 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$59,287 → $77,899 (+31.4%)	$59,681 → $79,807 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$283,800 → $415,600 (+46.4%)	$310,100 → $443,900 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,176 → $1,609 (+36.8%)	$1,123 → $1,498 (+33.4%)

Modesto

Population

212,616218,614

Median household income

$59,287$77,899

Median home value

$283,800$415,600

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,609

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)

	Modesto	Turlock
Under 5	6.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.6%
75 and over	5.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Modesto	Turlock
White (non-Hispanic)	39.0%	43.4%
Black or African American	4.3%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	7.1%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	43.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Modesto	Turlock
No high school diploma	16.7%	18.3%
High school graduate	29.0%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Modesto	Turlock
Drove alone	76.6%	81.1%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.3%	6.8%
Other means	1.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Modesto	Turlock
1-unit, detached	71.5%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	7.2%
20 or more units	7.5%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Modesto	Turlock
Poverty rate	13.0%	10.8%
Average household size	2.98	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1978	1984