Stockton

Population & Demographics

Stockton, CA

Stockton is home to 322,326 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 131,516 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
322,326
people
Population

322,326 residents

Median age 33.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Stockton population & demographics

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

Population
322,326
Median age
33.9yrs
Median household income
$79,907
Median home value
$440,900
Median gross rent
$1,577/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
20.0%
Poverty rate
15.5%

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 Stockton

How Stockton 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).

Hispanic or Latino45.6%
Asian20.8%
White16.8%
Black10.8%
Two or more races4.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.6%
Some other race0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%

Race across Stockton

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 Stockton.

Stockton at a glance
Employed Residents
131,516
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
37.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
33.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Lodi
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Stockton 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 Stockton 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.

39
Commute Score

39 / 100

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

Stockton

131,516 commutes, one dot at a time

Stockton

Where 131,516 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Stockton0.0 mi43,577
2Lodi10.4 mi5,519
3Tracy18.6 mi5,159
4Sacramento41.8 mi3,716
5San Francisco63.9 mi3,553
6San Jose55.8 mi2,997
7Fremont47.8 mi2,774
8Lathrop11.3 mi2,702

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Stockton.

1Stockton0.0 mi43,577
2Lodi10.4 mi5,207
3Manteca13.1 mi4,150
4Modesto27.9 mi2,602
5Tracy18.6 mi2,371
6Sacramento41.8 mi2,190
7Elk Grove30.6 mi1,671
8San Jose55.8 mi1,579

Top industries

The sectors that employ Stockton’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 Assistance22.3%
EDEducational Services10.7%
RTRetail Trade10.4%
TRTransportation and Warehousing9.1%
PAPublic Administration7.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.1%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.0%
MFManufacturing4.2%
WSWholesale Trade4.2%
Connectivity

Internet options for Stockton

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

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps98%
5 Gbps74%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Stockton

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).