
California · Census place 85880
Wilton, CA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Wilton, California (Wilton, CA — Census place “Wilton CDP”) is 6,198 residents, ranking #605 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $171,579, the median home is worth $891,200 and median gross rent runs $1,792 a month. Looking for the Wilton California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wilton, CA: 95693.
- Population
- 6,198Wilton CDP residents
- Median household income
- $171,579Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $891,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,792Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 51.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 92.7%Owner-occupied households
Wilton ZIP codes (California)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wilton.
The Wilton CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Wilton CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Wilton CDP median would spend about 12.5% 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 5.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.4% of residents and 92.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Wilton CDP, CA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Wilton CDP is a mid-size town in California, with 6,198 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #605 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 62% of them. The median age here is 51.4 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 Wilton CDP earn a median of $171,579 a year, 118.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 88% above 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 5.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Wilton CDP is valued at $891,200, 193.7% above the national figure and 51% above the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,792 a month, 27.5% above the national figure, or roughly $21,504 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 92.7% 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. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
A median age of 51.4 puts Wilton CDP well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in California.
- Crescent City city 6,180
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- Aptos CDP 6,124
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- Gustine city 6,118
- Hilmar-Irwin CDP 6,317
- Durham CDP 6,111
- Lucas Valley-Marinwood CDP 6,331
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Wilton CDP?
- Wilton CDP has 6,198 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #605 of 1,618 in California.
- What is the median household income in Wilton CDP?
- Median household income in Wilton CDP is $171,579 a year, 118.5% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wilton CDP?
- Median gross rent is $1,792 a month and the median home value is $891,200, so rent absorbs about 12.5% of median household income.
- Is Wilton CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 5.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wilton CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Wilton 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.