City safety & data profile

StocktonCA

Stockton, CA is a 306K-resident city in San Joaquin County with a median household income of $79,907.

San Joaquin County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Stockton, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Stockton has a population larger than 99% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $440,900, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

306K
Population (place)
Top 1%
By size
$79,907
Median income (place)
$440,900
Median home (place)
15.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Stockton

Stockton posts a median household income higher than 49% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Stockton area.

Bottom 50%
by median income, US cities
3
hospitals in & near Stockton

Where Stockton income ranks nationally

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

$79,907 Bottom 49% higher than 49% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Stockton $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 Stockton, CA beyond the headline numbers

Stockton sits inside San Joaquin County, California, at roughly 37.96°N, -121.29°W. Population 305,658, $79,907 median household income. Median home value $440,900, median rent $1,577. Poverty rate 15.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

3 hospitals in/around Stockton, 2.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

Poverty in Stockton, CA stands at 15.5%, 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 Stockton costs around 5.5 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 8% of Stockton 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: 13.3% in Stockton, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Stockton's median age is 33.9 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Stockton 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)
305,658
Stockton · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$79,907
-11% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$440,900
+7% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (San Joaquin County): Stockton'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
797K+15%
Median Income
$92,179+73%
Median Home Value
$530,700+155%
Poverty Rate
12.4%-32%
Unemployment
7.6%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Stockton, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,577/mo
Poverty Rate
15.5% +25% vs avg
Unemployment 8.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 20%
Work From Home 8%
Public Transit 1%

Population

White 21.8%
African American 11.3%
Asian 21.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40.2%
Obesity
31.8%
High Blood Pressure
31.3%
Physical Inactivity
29%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
15%
Current Smoking
13.8%
Diabetes
13.5%
Binge Drinking
13.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 53.2%
Annual Checkup 70.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.9%
Stroke
3.6%

Hospitals 3 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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1
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Average Rating
2.5/5
Total Hospitals
3
With ER
2
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON
STOCKTON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆
DAMERON HOSPITAL
STOCKTON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Stockton?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-STOCKTON · Stockton

Stockton: 2 tagged alerts; lead category NSW RFS bushfire alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 2 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% au-bushfires
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Jose

Tagged alert mix: Stockton

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 2 tagged notices on record for Stockton.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: San Jose, CA (2 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Stockton; 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 (2 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

San Jose, CA 2 alerts Fresno, CA 2 alerts Pittsburgh, PA 2 alerts York, PA 2 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Stockton, CA? ▼
Stockton, CA has a population of 305,658 people, located in San Joaquin County, California.
What is the median household income in Stockton? ▼
The median household income in Stockton, CA is $79,907 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.5%.
What is the median home value in Stockton? ▼
The median home value in Stockton, CA is $440,900. Median rent is $1,577/month.
What are the top health concerns in Stockton? ▼
The top health indicators in Stockton include Short Sleep Duration (40.2%), Obesity (31.8%), High Blood Pressure (31.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Stockton? ▼
Stockton has 3 hospitals with an average rating of 2.5/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Stockton? ▼
The median age in Stockton, CA is 33.9 years. 20% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (15.5% here).

Albuquerque, NM 15.5% Tampa, FL 15.5% Yuma, AZ 15.5% Grand Forks, ND 15.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($79,907 here).

Sterling Heights, MI $79,909 Chillum, MD $79,864 Fenton, MI $80,000 Welby, CO $80,026

Compare Stockton 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

Garden Acres, CA 11K Lathrop, CA 21K Lodi, CA 65K Manteca, CA 75K Tracy, CA 87K Ripon, CA 15K Galt, CA 25K Discovery Bay, CA 13K
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Using Stockton'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 Stockton 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 Stockton 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 (San Joaquin 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.