Patterson vs Salida

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

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

Patterson has the higher population (24,306 vs 14,457 in Salida). Patterson has the higher median household income ($93,542 vs $91,990 in Salida). Salida has the higher median home value ($448,700 vs $427,400 in Patterson).

Population, income & housing

	Patterson	Salida
Population	24,306	14,457
Median age	30.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,542	$91,990
Median home value	$427,400	$448,700
Median gross rent	$1,391	$2,004
Housing units	6,773	4,337
Homeownership rate	74.2%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Patterson	Salida
Population	22,066 → 24,306 (+10.2%)	14,229 → 14,457 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$69,233 → $93,542 (+35.1%)	$82,745 → $91,990 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$306,900 → $427,400 (+39.3%)	$301,700 → $448,700 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,519 → $1,391 (-8.4%)	$1,565 → $2,004 (+28.1%)

Patterson

Population

22,06624,306

Median household income

$69,233$93,542

Median home value

$306,900$427,400

Median gross rent

$1,519$1,391

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)

	Patterson	Salida
Under 5	9.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	18.0%
35 to 44	17.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	8.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	4.9%	7.2%
75 and over	4.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Patterson	Salida
White (non-Hispanic)	16.4%	33.4%
Black or African American	4.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.2%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.6%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	65.6%	53.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Patterson	Salida
No high school diploma	25.3%	19.3%
High school graduate	32.1%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Patterson	Salida
Drove alone	77.0%	84.8%
Carpooled	12.6%	9.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	0.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	4.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Patterson	Salida
1-unit, detached	90.3%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Patterson	Salida
Poverty rate	8.5%	9.5%
Average household size	3.79	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	47	31
Median year structure built	2000	1993