What is the population of Colton city?

Colton city has 53,798 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #173 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Colton city?

Median household income in Colton city is $69,581 a year, 11.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,608 a month and the median home value is $411,100, so rent absorbs about 27.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 5.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Colton city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Colton, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Colton, California (Colton, CA — Census place “Colton city”) is 53,798 residents, ranking #173 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $69,581, the median home is worth $411,100 and median gross rent runs $1,608 a month. Looking for the Colton California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Colton, CA: 92324.

Population: 53,798Colton city residents
Median household income: $69,581Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $411,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,608Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 52.3%Owner-occupied households

Colton ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Colton.

The Colton CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

92324

What the numbers mean in Colton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Colton city median would spend about 27.7% 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 5.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.3% of residents and 52.3% of households own their home.

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

Colton city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Colton city is a small city in California, with 53,798 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #173 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 33.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 Colton city earn a median of $69,581 a year, 11.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 24% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 15.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Colton city is valued at $411,100, 35.5% above the national figure and 30% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,608 a month, 14.4% above the national figure, or roughly $19,296 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.7% 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 5.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 52.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Colton city?: Colton city has 53,798 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #173 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Colton city?: Median household income in Colton city is $69,581 a year, 11.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Colton city?: Median gross rent is $1,608 a month and the median home value is $411,100, so rent absorbs about 27.7% of median household income.
Is Colton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Colton city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Colton 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.