City safety & data profile

CeresCA

Ceres, CA is a 48K-resident city in Stanislaus County with a median household income of $79,025.

Stanislaus County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Ceres, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Ceres has a population larger than 78% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $424,800.

Data updated 2026-09-04

48K
Population (place)
Top 22%
By size
$79,025
Median income (place)
$424,800
Median home (place)
15.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Ceres

Ceres posts a median household income higher than 48% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 49%
by median income, US cities

Where Ceres income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$79,025 Bottom 48% higher than 48% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Ceres $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Ceres, CA beyond the headline numbers

Ceres sits inside Stanislaus County, California, at roughly 37.59°N, -120.96°W. Population 47,963, $79,025 median household income. Median home value $424,800, median rent $1,639. Poverty rate 15.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Ceres, CA stands at 15.9%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Ceres costs around 5.4 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Only 5.7% of Ceres workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 18.1% in Ceres, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Ceres's median age is 32.8 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Ceres from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
47,963
Ceres · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$79,025
-12% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$424,800
+3% vs avg
Median Age (place)
32.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Stanislaus County): Ceres's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
554K+7%
Median Income
$81,468+65%
Median Home Value
$450,100+160%
Poverty Rate
13.5%-33%
Unemployment
8%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Ceres, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,639/mo
Poverty Rate
15.9% +28% vs avg
Unemployment 10.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 12.7%
Work From Home 5.7%
Public Transit 0.6%

Population

White 28.8%
African American 1.2%
Asian 10.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
37.9%
Obesity
37.8%
Physical Inactivity
34.5%
High Blood Pressure
30.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
18.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.6%
Binge Drinking
16.6%
Current Smoking
14.8%
Diabetes
12.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 50.8%
Annual Checkup 69.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.9%
Stroke
3.3%

What alerts and safety updates affect Ceres?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Ceres right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-CERES · Ceres

Ceres: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Ceres; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Ceres, CA? ▼
Ceres, CA has a population of 47,963 people, located in Stanislaus County, California.
What is the median household income in Ceres? ▼
The median household income in Ceres, CA is $79,025 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.9%.
What is the median home value in Ceres? ▼
The median home value in Ceres, CA is $424,800. Median rent is $1,639/month.
What are the top health concerns in Ceres? ▼
The top health indicators in Ceres include Short Sleep Duration (37.9%), Obesity (37.8%), Physical Inactivity (34.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Ceres? ▼
The median age in Ceres, CA is 32.8 years. 12.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Ceres, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (15.9% here).

Wichita, KS 15.9% Cleveland Heights, OH 15.9% Hazelwood, MO 15.9% Fort Dodge, IA 15.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($79,025 here).

Owasso, OK $79,036 Elko, NV $79,036 Troy, MO $79,012 Bristol, CT $79,076

Compare Ceres with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Ceres's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Ceres area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Ceres against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Stanislaus County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.