What is the population of Ceres city?

Ceres city has 48,918 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #193 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Ceres city?

Median household income in Ceres city is $76,862 a year, 2.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ceres city?

Median gross rent is $1,584 a month and the median home value is $397,200, so rent absorbs about 24.7% of median household income.

Is Ceres city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ceres city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ceres, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ceres, California (Ceres, CA — Census place “Ceres city”) is 48,918 residents, ranking #193 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $76,862, the median home is worth $397,200 and median gross rent runs $1,584 a month. Looking for the Ceres California ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Ceres, CA: 95307, 95351.

Population: 48,918Ceres city residents
Median household income: $76,862Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $397,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,584Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 32.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63.7%Owner-occupied households

Ceres ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ceres.

The Ceres CA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Ceres city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ceres city median would spend about 24.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.4% of residents and 63.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Ceres city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ceres city is a small city in California, with 48,918 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #193 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 32.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Ceres city earn a median of $76,862 a year, 2.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 14.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ceres city is valued at $397,200, 30.9% above the national figure and 33% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,584 a month, 12.7% above the national figure, or roughly $19,008 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 63.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Ceres city?: Ceres city has 48,918 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #193 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Ceres city?: Median household income in Ceres city is $76,862 a year, 2.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ceres city?: Median gross rent is $1,584 a month and the median home value is $397,200, so rent absorbs about 24.7% of median household income.
Is Ceres city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ceres city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ceres city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.