What is the population of Manteca city?

Manteca city has 86,521 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #96 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Manteca city?

Median household income in Manteca city is $94,718 a year, 20.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,934 a month and the median home value is $561,200, so rent absorbs about 24.5% of median household income.

Is Manteca 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 Manteca city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Manteca, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Manteca, California (Manteca, CA — Census place “Manteca city”) is 86,521 residents, ranking #96 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $94,718, the median home is worth $561,200 and median gross rent runs $1,934 a month. Looking for the Manteca California ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Manteca, CA: 95336, 95337.

Population: 86,521Manteca city residents
Median household income: $94,718Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $561,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,934Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.8%Owner-occupied households

Manteca ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Manteca.

The Manteca 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 Manteca city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Manteca city median would spend about 24.5% 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 10.4% of residents and 71.8% of households own their home.

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

Manteca city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Manteca city is a small city in California, with 86,521 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #96 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 36.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Manteca city earn a median of $94,718 a year, 20.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 4% above the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 10.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Manteca city is valued at $561,200, 85% above the national figure and 5% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,934 a month, 37.6% above the national figure, or roughly $23,208 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.5% 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. 71.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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 Manteca city?: Manteca city has 86,521 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #96 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Manteca city?: Median household income in Manteca city is $94,718 a year, 20.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Manteca city?: Median gross rent is $1,934 a month and the median home value is $561,200, so rent absorbs about 24.5% of median household income.
Is Manteca 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 Manteca city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Manteca city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.