City safety & data profile

StantonCA

Stanton, CA is a 39K-resident city in Orange County with a median household income of $84,707.

Orange County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Stanton, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Stanton has a population larger than 72% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $579,300.

Data updated 2026-09-03

39K
Population (place)
Top 28%
By size
$84,707
Median income (place)
$579,300
Median home (place)
13.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Stanton

Stanton posts a median household income higher than 54% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 46%
by median income, US cities

Where Stanton income ranks nationally

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

$84,707 Top 46% higher than 54% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Stanton $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 Stanton, CA beyond the headline numbers

Stanton sits inside Orange County, California, at roughly 33.80°N, -117.99°W. Population 38,872, $84,707 median household income. Median home value $579,300, median rent $1,997. Poverty rate 13.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Stanton, CA stands at 13.3%, 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 Stanton costs around 6.8 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 7.9% of Stanton 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, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 13.6% in Stanton, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Stanton 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)
38,872
Stanton · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$84,707
-5% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$579,300
+40% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Orange County): Stanton'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
3.2M+4%
Median Income
$116,289+54%
Median Home Value
$962,600+85%
Poverty Rate
9.5%-23%
Unemployment
5.4%-43%

Economics

Economics indicators for Stanton, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,997/mo
Poverty Rate
13.3% +7% vs avg
Unemployment 7.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 21.1%
Work From Home 7.9%
Public Transit 2%

Population

White 24.5%
African American 1.4%
Asian 26.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.2%
Physical Inactivity
32.4%
High Blood Pressure
30.3%
Obesity
25.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
15%
Lack of Health Insurance
14.8%
Diabetes
14.2%
Binge Drinking
13.6%
Current Smoking
12.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55%
Annual Checkup 71.5%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9%
Coronary Heart Disease
6%
Stroke
3.4%

What alerts and safety updates affect Stanton?

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

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Sheet CA-STANTON · Stanton

Stanton: 4 tagged alerts; lead category Environment Agency flood warning.

  • VOL-LIGHT 4 on record
  • MIX-LED 75% uk-floods
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Las Vegas

Tagged alert mix: Stanton

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 4 tagged notices on record for Stanton.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Las Vegas, NV (4 tagged · Δ0)

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

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (4 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Las Vegas, NV 4 alerts Kansas City, MO 4 alerts Salisbury, NC 4 alerts Woodstock, GA 4 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Stanton, CA? ▼
Stanton, CA has a population of 38,872 people, located in Orange County, California.
What is the median household income in Stanton? ▼
The median household income in Stanton, CA is $84,707 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13.3%.
What is the median home value in Stanton? ▼
The median home value in Stanton, CA is $579,300. Median rent is $1,997/month.
What are the top health concerns in Stanton? ▼
The top health indicators in Stanton include Short Sleep Duration (38.2%), Physical Inactivity (32.4%), High Blood Pressure (30.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Stanton? ▼
The median age in Stanton, CA is 39.8 years. 21.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (13.3% here).

Washington Heights, NY 13.3% Pawtucket, RI 13.3% Monroe, NC 13.3% Superior, WI 13.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($84,707 here).

Bellevue, WI $84,672 Green River, WY $84,747 Elon, NC $84,773 Berkley, CO $84,637

Compare Stanton with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Stanton'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 Stanton 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 Stanton 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 (Orange 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.