What is the population of Turlock city?

Turlock city has 72,400 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #123 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Turlock city?

Median household income in Turlock city is $79,807 a year, 1.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,498 a month and the median home value is $443,900, so rent absorbs about 22.5% of median household income.

Is Turlock 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 Turlock city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Turlock, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Turlock, California (Turlock, CA — Census place “Turlock city”) is 72,400 residents, ranking #123 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $79,807, the median home is worth $443,900 and median gross rent runs $1,498 a month. Looking for the Turlock California ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Turlock, CA: 95380, 95382.

Population: 72,400Turlock city residents
Median household income: $79,807Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $443,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,498Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 56.8%Owner-occupied households

Turlock ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Turlock.

The Turlock 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 Turlock city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Turlock city median would spend about 22.5% 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 5.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.8% of residents and 56.8% of households own their home.

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

Turlock city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Turlock city is a small city in California, with 72,400 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #123 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 34.6 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 Turlock city earn a median of $79,807 a year, 1.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 12% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 10.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Turlock city is valued at $443,900, 46.3% above the national figure and 25% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,498 a month, 6.5% above the national figure, or roughly $17,976 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.5% 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 5.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 56.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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 Turlock city?: Turlock city has 72,400 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #123 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Turlock city?: Median household income in Turlock city is $79,807 a year, 1.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Turlock city?: Median gross rent is $1,498 a month and the median home value is $443,900, so rent absorbs about 22.5% of median household income.
Is Turlock 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 Turlock city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Turlock 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.