City safety & data profile

Los BanosCA

Los Banos, CA is a 37K-resident city in Merced County with a median household income of $68,171.

Merced County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Los Banos, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Los Banos has a population larger than 71% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $440,900, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

37K
Population (place)
Top 29%
By size
$68,171
Median income (place)
$440,900
Median home (place)
17.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Los Banos

Los Banos posts a median household income higher than 34% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Los Banos area.

Bottom 35%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Los Banos

Where Los Banos income ranks nationally

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

$68,171 Bottom 34% higher than 34% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Los Banos $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 Los Banos, CA beyond the headline numbers

Los Banos sits inside Merced County, California, at roughly 37.06°N, -120.85°W. Population 37,457, $68,171 median household income. Median home value $440,900, median rent $1,557. Poverty rate 17.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Los Banos, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

17.4% of Los Banos, CA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Los Banos costs around 6.5 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 6.1% of Los Banos 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: 19.7% in Los Banos, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Los Banos's median age is 30.3 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Los Banos 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)
37,457
Los Banos · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$68,171
-24% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$440,900
+7% vs avg
Median Age (place)
30.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Merced County): Los Banos'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
290K+12%
Median Income
$65,510+54%
Median Home Value
$391,800+168%
Poverty Rate
19.1%-25%
Unemployment
10.5%-41%

Economics

Economics indicators for Los Banos, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,557/mo
Poverty Rate
17.4% +40% vs avg
Unemployment 8.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 12.5%
Work From Home 6.1%
Public Transit 0.4%

Population

White 29.8%
African American 1.4%
Asian 2.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.1%
Obesity
34.4%
Physical Inactivity
33.4%
High Blood Pressure
30.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
19.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.7%
Binge Drinking
16.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.1%
Current Smoking
13.6%
Diabetes
13%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 53.6%
Annual Checkup 68.7%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.8%
Stroke
3.3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LOS BANOS
LOS BANOS · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Los Banos?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-LOS-BANOS · Los Banos

Los Banos: 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 Los Banos; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Los Banos, CA? ▼
Los Banos, CA has a population of 37,457 people, located in Merced County, California.
What is the median household income in Los Banos? ▼
The median household income in Los Banos, CA is $68,171 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 17.4%.
What is the median home value in Los Banos? ▼
The median home value in Los Banos, CA is $440,900. Median rent is $1,557/month.
What are the top health concerns in Los Banos? ▼
The top health indicators in Los Banos include Short Sleep Duration (38.1%), Obesity (34.4%), Physical Inactivity (33.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Los Banos? ▼
Los Banos has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Los Banos? ▼
The median age in Los Banos, CA is 30.3 years. 12.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (17.4% here).

Killeen, TX 17.4% Lawrence, KS 17.4% Dundalk, MD 17.4% Farmington, NM 17.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($68,171 here).

Southfield, MI $68,166 Bartow, FL $68,178 Kingston, NY $68,186 Temple, TX $68,204

Compare Los Banos with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Newman, CA 11K Livingston, CA 14K Atwater, CA 29K Delhi, CA 11K Winton, CA 11K Turlock, CA 72K Merced, CA 82K Patterson, CA 21K
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Using Los Banos'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 Los Banos 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 Los Banos 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 (Merced 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.