San Joaquin County, California

San Joaquin County has a population of 797,334 and has grown 5.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $530,700, about 5.8 times the county's median household income of $92,179.

Home price
$530,700
Income
$92,179
Population
797,334
Unemployment
7.6%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$530,700county
Median gross rent$1,734county
Median year homes here were built1984county
Share of homes built before 198044.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile3.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented38.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.5%county
Typical monthly rent$2,456county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,742county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,395county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,423county
Home insurance / yr$1,616(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living142.3(statewide)
Median household income$92,179county
Family health premium / yr$24,143(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$21,945(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$5.593(statewide)
Poverty rate12.4%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home10.6%county
Unemployment rate7.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.8%county
Share of workers employed by government15.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry20.8%county
Economic output per resident$58,346county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.75%county
Top state income tax13.30%(statewide)
Capital gains tax13.30%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.03%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time34.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service4.0 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport63668county
Miles to nearest general aviation field11 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here5county
Passenger train stations and the railway network5county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station1.7 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.1%county
Traffic deaths45.3county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher22.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher80.9%county
Public schools in the county239county
Public school enrollment150477county
Students per full-time teacher22.3county
Free lunch eligible66.2%county
Elementary schools160county
Middle schools15county
High schools43county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above3county
Share of local colleges that are public33.3%county
Two-year institutions3county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution4.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians59county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county8county
Hospitals here with an emergency department7county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter15.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year21.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year17.9%county
Frequent mental distress16.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity24.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.1%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population797,334county
Land area in square miles1,392county
People per square mile of land573.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores201county
Convenience stores44county
Share living far from a food store16.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract4.3%county
Population change since 2020+5.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents4county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age35.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1826.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over13.5%county
Share of households that are one person20.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States25.2%county
Second languages43.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls38.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents63county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents1county
Households that moved in15,203county
Households that moved away15,350county
Average income of arriving households$85,005county
Average income of departing households$67,902county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes10county
Housing units authorised in the latest year2,522county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.1%county
Violent crime rate486(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature63°Fcounty
Annual precipitation13.3 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.10 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F79 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing3 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days275 dayscounty
Average last spring frostFeb 24county
Average first fall frostNov 26county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$176county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh22.5¢county
Household electricity use609 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.81(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity29.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas61.6%county
Homes heated by propane3.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.9%county
Households with broadband92.5%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk97.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk99.9county
Landslide risk62.0county
Hail risk54.7county
Earthquake risk99.3county
Tornado risk49.0county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk97.4county
Winter weather risk42.4county
Strong wind risk38.0county
Wildfire risk92.0county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams1county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for San Joaquin County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the California figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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