What is the population of Magalia CDP?

Magalia CDP has 7,784 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #545 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Magalia CDP?

Median household income in Magalia CDP is $60,625 a year, 22.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Magalia CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,413 a month and the median home value is $254,400, so rent absorbs about 28% of median household income.

Is Magalia CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Magalia CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Magalia, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Magalia, California (Magalia, CA — Census place “Magalia CDP”) is 7,784 residents, ranking #545 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $60,625, the median home is worth $254,400 and median gross rent runs $1,413 a month. Looking for the Magalia California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Magalia, CA: 95954.

Population: 7,784Magalia CDP residents
Median household income: $60,625Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $254,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,413Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 83.8%Owner-occupied households

Magalia ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Magalia.

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

95954

What the numbers mean in Magalia CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Magalia CDP median would spend about 28% 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 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.6% of residents and 83.8% of households own their home.

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

Magalia CDP, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Magalia CDP is a mid-size town in California, with 7,784 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #545 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 66% of them. The median age here is 45.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Magalia CDP earn a median of $60,625 a year, 22.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 33% 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 14.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Magalia CDP is valued at $254,400, 16.2% below the national figure and 57% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,413 a month, essentially level with the national figure, or roughly $16,956 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 28% 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 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 83.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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 Magalia CDP?: Magalia CDP has 7,784 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #545 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Magalia CDP?: Median household income in Magalia CDP is $60,625 a year, 22.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Magalia CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,413 a month and the median home value is $254,400, so rent absorbs about 28% of median household income.
Is Magalia CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Magalia CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Magalia CDP 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.