What is the population of Escalon city?

Escalon city has 7,429 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #559 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Escalon city?

Median household income in Escalon city is $86,875 a year, 10.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,763 a month and the median home value is $461,700, so rent absorbs about 24.4% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 5.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Escalon city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Escalon, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Escalon, California (Escalon, CA — Census place “Escalon city”) is 7,429 residents, ranking #559 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $86,875, the median home is worth $461,700 and median gross rent runs $1,763 a month. Looking for the Escalon California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Escalon, CA: 95320.

Population: 7,429Escalon city residents
Median household income: $86,875Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $461,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,763Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 77.2%Owner-occupied households

Escalon ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Escalon.

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

95320

What the numbers mean in Escalon city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Escalon city median would spend about 24.4% 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 5.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.5% of residents and 77.2% of households own their home.

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

Escalon city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Escalon city is a mid-size town in California, with 7,429 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #559 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 65% of them. The median age here is 36.8 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 Escalon city earn a median of $86,875 a year, 10.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 5% 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 9.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Escalon city is valued at $461,700, 52.2% above the national figure and 22% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,763 a month, 25.4% above the national figure, or roughly $21,156 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.4% 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 5.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 77.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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

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What is the population of Escalon city?: Escalon city has 7,429 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #559 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Escalon city?: Median household income in Escalon city is $86,875 a year, 10.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Escalon city?: Median gross rent is $1,763 a month and the median home value is $461,700, so rent absorbs about 24.4% of median household income.
Is Escalon city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Escalon city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Escalon 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.