What is the population of Dos Palos city?

Dos Palos city has 5,757 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #626 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Dos Palos city?

Median household income in Dos Palos city is $50,556 a year, 35.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,182 a month and the median home value is $285,300, so rent absorbs about 28.1% of median household income.

Is Dos Palos city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dos Palos city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Dos Palos, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Dos Palos, California (Dos Palos, CA — Census place “Dos Palos city”) is 5,757 residents, ranking #626 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $50,556, the median home is worth $285,300 and median gross rent runs $1,182 a month. Looking for the Dos Palos California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Dos Palos, CA: 93620.

Population: 5,757Dos Palos city residents
Median household income: $50,556Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $285,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,182Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 56.2%Owner-occupied households

Dos Palos ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dos Palos.

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

93620

What the numbers mean in Dos Palos city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Dos Palos city median would spend about 28.1% 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 5.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.7% of residents and 56.2% of households own their home.

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

Dos Palos city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Dos Palos city is a mid-size town in California, with 5,757 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #626 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 61% of them. The median age here is 36.5 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 Dos Palos city earn a median of $50,556 a year, 35.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 45% 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 14.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Dos Palos city is valued at $285,300, 6% below the national figure and 52% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,182 a month, 15.9% below the national figure, or roughly $14,184 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 28.1% 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 5.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 56.2% 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.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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 Dos Palos city?: Dos Palos city has 5,757 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #626 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Dos Palos city?: Median household income in Dos Palos city is $50,556 a year, 35.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dos Palos city?: Median gross rent is $1,182 a month and the median home value is $285,300, so rent absorbs about 28.1% of median household income.
Is Dos Palos city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dos Palos city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Dos Palos 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.