Salida vs Turlock

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

Salida 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 14,457 in Salida). Salida has the higher median household income ($91,990 vs $79,807 in Turlock). Salida has the higher median home value ($448,700 vs $443,900 in Turlock).

Population, income & housing

	Salida	Turlock
Population	14,457	72,400
Median age	33.9 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,990	$79,807
Median home value	$448,700	$443,900
Median gross rent	$2,004	$1,498
Housing units	4,337	26,215
Homeownership rate	79.7%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salida	Turlock
Population	14,229 → 14,457 (+1.6%)	72,904 → 72,400 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$82,745 → $91,990 (+11.2%)	$59,681 → $79,807 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$301,700 → $448,700 (+48.7%)	$310,100 → $443,900 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,565 → $2,004 (+28.1%)	$1,123 → $1,498 (+33.4%)

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

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)

	Salida	Turlock
Under 5	6.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	11.2%	10.8%
25 to 34	18.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	8.6%
75 and over	4.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salida	Turlock
White (non-Hispanic)	33.4%	43.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.5%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	53.9%	43.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salida	Turlock
No high school diploma	19.3%	18.3%
High school graduate	30.5%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salida	Turlock
Drove alone	84.8%	81.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.5%
Walked	0.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.8%
Other means	0.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salida	Turlock
1-unit, detached	94.8%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Salida	Turlock
Poverty rate	9.5%	10.8%
Average household size	3.31	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1993	1984