Davis

Population & Demographics

Davis, CA

Davis is home to 66,978 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 25,958 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
66,978
people
Population

66,978 residents

Median age 26.4 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Davis population & demographics

Who lives in Davis — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
66,978
Median age
26.4yrs
Median household income
$90,045
Median home value
$866,100
Median gross rent
$2,187/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
76.8%
Poverty rate
26.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Davis

How Davis breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White49.9%
Asian24.2%
Hispanic or Latino15.1%
Two or more races7.1%
Black2.2%
Some other race0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%

Race across Davis

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Davis.

Davis at a glance
Employed Residents
25,958
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
14.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
16.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
23.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Sacramento
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Davis proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Davis commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

66 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Davis

25,958 commutes, one dot at a time

Davis

Where 25,958 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Davis, by worker count.

1Sacramento14.4 mi4,835
2Davis0.0 mi4,308
3University of California-Davis1.4 mi3,255
4Woodland8.3 mi1,013
5San Francisco66.8 mi673
6Vacaville18.3 mi498
7Roseville27.4 mi486
8West Sacramento10.7 mi444

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Davis.

1Davis0.0 mi4,308
2Sacramento14.4 mi1,723
3Woodland8.3 mi1,652
4West Sacramento10.7 mi487
5Elk Grove20.4 mi460
6Vacaville18.3 mi439
7Dixon8.7 mi343
8Roseville27.4 mi203

Top industries

The sectors that employ Davis’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance18.1%
EDEducational Services16.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services15.9%
RTRetail Trade12.3%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services10.2%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.9%
PAPublic Administration3.9%
MFManufacturing3.2%
REReal Estate and Rental and Leasing3.1%
Connectivity

Internet options for Davis

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps38%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Davis

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