Salida vs West Modesto

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

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

Salida has the higher population (14,457 vs 5,633 in West Modesto). Salida has the higher median household income ($91,990 vs $61,833 in West Modesto). Salida has the higher median home value ($448,700 vs $285,700 in West Modesto).

Population, income & housing

	Salida	West Modesto
Population	14,457	5,633
Median age	33.9 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$91,990	$61,833
Median home value	$448,700	$285,700
Median gross rent	$2,004	$1,344
Housing units	4,337	1,556
Homeownership rate	79.7%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salida	West Modesto
Population	14,229 → 14,457 (+1.6%)	5,762 → 5,633 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$82,745 → $91,990 (+11.2%)	$37,731 → $61,833 (+63.9%)
Median home value	$301,700 → $448,700 (+48.7%)	$149,700 → $285,700 (+90.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,565 → $2,004 (+28.1%)	$1,029 → $1,344 (+30.6%)

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

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)

	Salida	West Modesto
Under 5	6.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	23.7%
18 to 24	11.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	18.0%	16.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	8.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	9.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	5.3%
75 and over	4.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salida	West Modesto
White (non-Hispanic)	33.4%	15.9%
Black or African American	1.7%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.5%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	53.9%	73.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salida	West Modesto
No high school diploma	19.3%	34.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salida	West Modesto
Drove alone	84.8%	67.2%
Carpooled	9.6%	23.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	0.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	8.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salida	West Modesto
1-unit, detached	94.8%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Salida	West Modesto
Poverty rate	9.5%	18.9%
Average household size	3.31	3.70
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1993	1951