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TurlockCA

Turlock, CA is a 72K-resident city in Stanislaus County with a median household income of $82,995.

Stanislaus County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Turlock, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Turlock has a population larger than 88% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $460,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

72K
Population (place)
Top 12%
By size
$82,995
Median income (place)
$460,600
Median home (place)
11.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Turlock

Turlock posts a median household income higher than 53% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Turlock area.

Top 47%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Turlock

Where Turlock income ranks nationally

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

$82,995 Top 47% higher than 53% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Turlock $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 Turlock, CA beyond the headline numbers

Turlock sits inside Stanislaus County, California, at roughly 37.49°N, -120.85°W. Population 72,292, $82,995 median household income. Median home value $460,600, median rent $1,612. Poverty rate 11.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Turlock, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Turlock, CA stands at 11.3%, 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 Turlock 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 7.4% of Turlock 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, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 18.8% in Turlock, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Turlock workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Turlock's median age is 34.9 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Turlock 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)
72,292
Turlock · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$82,995
-7% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$460,600
+11% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Stanislaus County): Turlock'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 Turlock, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,612/mo
Poverty Rate
11.3% -9% vs avg
Unemployment 8.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 26.5%
Work From Home 7.4%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 47.9%
African American 1.7%
Asian 5.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
35%
Obesity
34.4%
High Blood Pressure
30.8%
Physical Inactivity
27.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.8%
Binge Drinking
17.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.8%
Current Smoking
12.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.2%
Diabetes
10.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 58.2%
Annual Checkup 71.5%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
6%
Stroke
3.3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
EMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER
TURLOCK · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Turlock?

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

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Sheet CA-TURLOCK · Turlock

Turlock: 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 Turlock; 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 Turlock, CA? ▼
Turlock, CA has a population of 72,292 people, located in Stanislaus County, California.
What is the median household income in Turlock? ▼
The median household income in Turlock, CA is $82,995 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 11.3%.
What is the median home value in Turlock? ▼
The median home value in Turlock, CA is $460,600. Median rent is $1,612/month.
What are the top health concerns in Turlock? ▼
The top health indicators in Turlock include Short Sleep Duration (35%), Obesity (34.4%), High Blood Pressure (30.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Turlock? ▼
Turlock has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Turlock? ▼
The median age in Turlock, CA is 34.9 years. 26.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (11.3% here).

Town 'n' Country, FL 11.3% Haverhill, MA 11.3% Columbus, IN 11.3% Titusville, FL 11.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($82,995 here).

Riverhead, NY $83,008 Chubbuck, ID $82,977 Bryant, AR $83,024 Hayden, ID $82,958

Compare Turlock 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

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Using Turlock'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 Turlock 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 Turlock 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.