What is the median household income in California?

The median household income in California is $99,122, according to the American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. The U.S. median is $80,734.

What is the poverty rate in California?

12.0% of people in California (4,632,248) have incomes below the federal poverty level.

Which city in California has the highest income?

Among places with at least 5,000 residents, Alamo has the highest median household income at $250,000+, followed by Atherton ($250,000+) and Camino Tassajara ($250,000+).

How long is the average commute in California?

Workers in California who do not work from home spend an average of 28.7 minutes getting to work.

Checked Oct 26, 2026

California Community Stats

California has 39,287,377 residents and a median household income of $99,122, 6th highest among states (ACS 2020-2024).

Median household income: $99,122; U.S. $80,734
Poverty rate: 12.0%; U.S. 12.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.1%; Adults 25+
Average commute: 28.7 min; One way

California compared

With U.S.

Measure	California	U.S.
Median household income	$99,122	$80,734
Median age	37.9	38.9
Poverty rate	12.0%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	35.7%
Homeownership rate	55.9%	65.2%
Median home value	$734,700	$332,700
Median gross rent	$2,036	$1,413
Average commute	28.7 min	26.4 min
Born outside the U.S.	27.0%	14.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates

Counties in California

Sorted by population, highest first

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#	County	Population	Median income	Poverty	Bachelor's+	Own home
1	Los Angeles County	9,808,667	$90,112	13.7%	36.0%	45.9%
2	San Diego County	3,288,774	$106,268	10.3%	43.2%	54.6%
3	Orange County	3,165,820	$116,289	9.5%	44.1%	56.4%
4	Riverside County	2,478,600	$93,074	10.6%	25.6%	69.1%
5	San Bernardino County	2,197,104	$85,478	13.3%	23.3%	62.1%
6	Santa Clara County	1,902,047	$164,281	7.1%	56.5%	55.1%
7	Alameda County	1,649,473	$129,367	9.2%	52.2%	54.4%
8	Sacramento County	1,594,006	$92,175	12.5%	34.1%	59.0%
9	Contra Costa County	1,165,012	$127,229	8.4%	45.2%	68.0%
10	Fresno County	1,016,725	$74,201	18.3%	24.3%	55.5%
11	Kern County	915,075	$70,210	19.1%	18.8%	60.1%
12	Ventura County	837,469	$109,797	9.3%	36.1%	64.6%
13	San Francisco County	830,235	$140,970	11.2%	60.3%	38.2%
14	San Joaquin County	797,334	$92,179	12.4%	22.7%	62.0%
15	San Mateo County	742,340	$158,855	6.7%	53.7%	58.5%
16	Stanislaus County	553,990	$81,468	13.5%	19.6%	61.2%
17	Sonoma County	485,040	$104,674	8.9%	38.5%	62.6%
18	Tulare County	478,693	$71,300	17.9%	16.6%	58.5%
19	Solano County	451,918	$100,401	10.0%	28.8%	63.0%
20	Santa Barbara County	443,701	$98,161	14.7%	36.8%	52.4%
21	Monterey County	437,613	$97,230	12.7%	28.2%	52.1%
22	Placer County	419,156	$115,998	6.8%	43.2%	74.8%
23	Merced County	290,201	$65,510	19.1%	15.3%	54.0%
24	San Luis Obispo County	281,555	$97,446	12.9%	39.8%	62.1%
25	Santa Cruz County	264,926	$111,093	11.6%	43.9%	59.9%
26	Marin County	257,969	$149,091	8.3%	61.1%	64.7%
27	Yolo County	220,564	$91,752	16.7%	44.8%	54.3%
28	Butte County	207,929	$67,928	19.2%	31.9%	57.3%
29	El Dorado County	192,662	$108,845	8.0%	40.0%	77.2%
30	Shasta County	181,436	$72,636	13.3%	23.8%	65.6%
31	Imperial County	180,202	$57,681	19.5%	16.1%	56.8%
32	Madera County	160,940	$76,627	19.2%	17.9%	67.5%
33	Kings County	153,298	$70,995	16.0%	13.6%	54.2%
34	Napa County	134,869	$111,471	8.5%	39.8%	63.4%
35	Humboldt County	134,541	$61,160	18.7%	33.1%	56.5%
36	Nevada County	102,481	$89,882	11.0%	41.5%	75.5%
37	Sutter County	98,857	$79,704	14.4%	20.9%	61.3%
38	Mendocino County	90,244	$68,092	15.4%	25.2%	61.7%
39	Yuba County	84,507	$76,373	14.2%	17.7%	63.5%
40	Lake County	68,152	$60,621	17.0%	17.8%	72.2%
41	San Benito County	67,290	$114,394	6.7%	24.1%	67.9%
42	Tehama County	65,167	$63,784	15.6%	19.3%	67.1%
43	Tuolumne County	54,498	$77,404	10.4%	24.6%	73.9%
44	Calaveras County	46,248	$78,647	13.0%	23.9%	84.0%
45	Siskiyou County	43,466	$59,095	16.4%	23.3%	69.2%
46	Amador County	41,428	$88,044	8.2%	22.4%	80.4%
47	Lassen County	30,356	$67,403	14.0%	13.1%	68.2%
48	Glenn County	28,494	$67,139	16.0%	15.1%	61.2%
49	Del Norte County	27,107	$67,058	12.9%	21.4%	70.1%
50	Colusa County	21,984	$75,672	11.4%	16.4%	62.2%
51	Plumas County	19,423	$66,031	10.6%	22.5%	74.6%
52	Inyo County	18,739	$73,991	10.9%	31.5%	66.4%
53	Mariposa County	17,082	$68,412	14.0%	31.8%	74.7%
54	Trinity County	15,860	$53,002	20.7%	22.4%	71.7%
55	Mono County	13,148	$99,415	8.6%	32.2%	65.4%
56	Modoc County	8,600	$59,455	17.9%	24.8%	77.4%
57	Sierra County	2,746	$63,355	4.4%	25.8%	72.1%
58	Alpine County	1,616	$105,521	10.0%	41.1%	78.2%

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Cities and towns in California

Sorted by population, highest first

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#	City or town	Population	Median income	Poverty	Bachelor's+	Own home
1	Los Angeles	3,857,263	$81,939	16.5%	38.5%	36.0%
2	San Diego	1,389,526	$108,077	11.0%	51.0%	47.3%
3	San Jose	990,138	$146,427	8.1%	47.3%	55.8%
4	San Francisco	830,235	$140,970	11.2%	60.3%	38.2%
5	Fresno	545,970	$70,991	20.1%	25.5%	50.1%
6	Sacramento	528,706	$87,321	13.9%	37.1%	51.7%
7	Long Beach	455,548	$87,430	14.8%	35.6%	41.2%
8	Oakland	439,418	$101,600	13.4%	48.7%	42.3%
9	Bakersfield	411,986	$80,540	16.3%	23.6%	60.6%
10	Anaheim	344,521	$95,227	12.4%	29.7%	46.2%
11	Stockton	322,326	$79,907	15.5%	20.0%	53.9%
12	Riverside	319,069	$91,045	12.2%	25.7%	56.8%
13	Santa Ana	312,534	$93,999	10.8%	18.3%	44.6%
14	Irvine	311,690	$136,719	10.8%	70.6%	44.5%
15	Chula Vista	276,375	$108,032	8.7%	33.2%	59.8%
16	Santa Clarita	230,221	$123,062	7.4%	39.8%	71.8%
17	Fremont	228,295	$181,506	5.2%	63.9%	60.8%
18	San Bernardino	222,724	$67,415	18.6%	13.1%	50.0%
19	Modesto	219,215	$79,891	13.3%	21.2%	58.9%
20	Fontana	214,169	$102,821	9.9%	21.4%	66.8%
21	Moreno Valley	211,666	$93,222	11.7%	17.8%	63.3%
22	Oxnard	200,928	$96,212	11.0%	19.5%	54.4%
23	Huntington Beach	195,240	$120,919	7.8%	49.0%	55.4%
24	Glendale	190,748	$88,393	12.9%	47.2%	35.2%
25	Ontario	180,547	$88,941	12.4%	22.5%	58.0%
26	Elk Grove	179,155	$125,924	8.0%	38.9%	73.8%
27	Santa Rosa	177,090	$99,060	9.7%	35.1%	56.7%
28	Rancho Cucamonga	175,411	$111,895	8.0%	37.5%	62.3%
29	Oceanside	172,242	$97,737	8.3%	36.2%	58.3%
30	Garden Grove	170,964	$92,174	12.3%	25.3%	53.1%
31	Lancaster	169,169	$81,511	15.6%	20.0%	60.4%
32	Palmdale	164,634	$81,770	15.7%	17.1%	66.2%
33	Salinas	161,761	$91,908	13.6%	16.5%	47.0%
34	Corona	159,670	$109,242	8.7%	32.4%	63.8%
35	Hayward	158,801	$113,318	9.6%	34.0%	58.0%
36	Roseville	155,955	$119,288	5.9%	44.3%	68.8%
37	Sunnyvale	154,236	$186,170	5.8%	69.3%	43.8%
38	Escondido	149,668	$91,967	12.2%	28.9%	53.4%
39	Pomona	147,943	$79,479	14.3%	20.3%	54.0%
40	Visalia	143,939	$81,989	11.5%	24.1%	61.1%
41	Torrance	142,130	$116,217	7.8%	54.0%	55.0%
42	Fullerton	140,968	$104,286	12.3%	43.5%	51.8%
43	Orange	138,266	$117,113	9.5%	39.7%	56.7%
44	Victorville	137,627	$74,410	18.4%	12.8%	60.6%
45	Pasadena	136,969	$105,192	13.3%	56.1%	42.5%
46	Santa Clara	130,256	$178,958	8.4%	65.9%	40.8%
47	Simi Valley	125,634	$122,081	6.4%	39.1%	72.9%
48	Thousand Oaks	125,205	$135,603	8.9%	51.4%	70.8%
49	Clovis	124,725	$99,241	8.0%	36.6%	65.4%
50	Vallejo	124,268	$90,171	12.2%	28.8%	57.4%
51	Concord	124,035	$108,709	8.2%	37.5%	61.6%
52	Fairfield	120,785	$101,895	10.2%	26.6%	61.3%
53	Berkeley	120,257	$108,092	17.3%	74.9%	44.2%
54	Antioch	116,477	$97,465	11.4%	23.9%	63.6%
55	Richmond	115,505	$95,391	13.5%	33.0%	54.7%
56	Carlsbad	114,373	$142,748	6.9%	62.1%	62.9%
57	Murrieta	112,064	$114,081	5.4%	32.6%	69.5%
58	East Los Angeles	111,647	$68,741	17.3%	11.4%	33.5%
59	Temecula	111,167	$121,063	7.3%	38.8%	68.0%
60	Downey	110,939	$90,699	9.0%	26.1%	51.1%
61	Santa Maria	110,462	$84,746	17.3%	15.7%	50.2%
62	Costa Mesa	110,330	$111,505	9.1%	45.0%	39.6%
63	Menifee	110,305	$93,454	9.5%	22.5%	80.2%
64	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	109,857	$103,069	10.4%	41.5%	55.9%
65	West Covina	107,037	$101,065	10.0%	30.1%	60.3%
66	Jurupa Valley	107,011	$97,550	11.0%	14.9%	70.1%
67	El Monte	106,109	$68,030	17.4%	15.2%	40.2%
68	Inglewood	104,569	$72,750	14.6%	25.2%	36.2%
69	Burbank	104,546	$97,082	10.7%	47.1%	43.3%
70	El Cajon	104,449	$67,511	20.5%	23.0%	41.5%
71	Rialto	104,143	$88,857	12.7%	12.6%	66.2%
72	San Mateo	103,105	$153,504	8.2%	57.8%	49.9%
73	Vacaville	102,596	$111,126	8.2%	28.0%	67.5%
74	Chico	102,188	$66,977	22.7%	42.2%	43.4%
75	Daly City	101,964	$123,547	7.7%	38.9%	60.2%
76	Hesperia	100,775	$72,160	16.9%	11.9%	67.2%
77	Norwalk	99,789	$100,085	9.3%	21.3%	68.3%
78	Vista	99,114	$94,975	10.5%	29.3%	51.7%
79	Tracy	96,966	$121,119	7.8%	28.5%	65.0%
80	Arden-Arcade	94,994	$77,321	16.9%	38.5%	46.2%
81	San Marcos	94,882	$109,377	9.2%	43.8%	63.7%
82	Redding	93,409	$70,466	14.1%	26.9%	54.8%
83	Carson	92,871	$108,703	8.7%	29.3%	74.0%
84	Compton	92,698	$78,465	17.9%	10.6%	56.4%
85	Chino	92,652	$104,682	8.0%	27.2%	64.0%
86	Mission Viejo	92,151	$136,123	5.6%	52.1%	76.9%
87	Merced	91,953	$63,122	23.9%	20.2%	45.9%
88	Indio	91,950	$77,167	11.5%	20.5%	67.1%
89	South Gate	91,483	$74,571	12.7%	11.3%	45.3%
90	Hemet	91,326	$57,719	14.9%	15.5%	62.3%
91	Santa Monica	91,169	$114,885	11.2%	70.7%	27.9%
92	Westminster	89,860	$85,541	14.4%	25.9%	53.4%
93	Manteca	89,043	$97,055	9.5%	21.7%	72.4%
94	San Leandro	87,826	$101,420	8.3%	33.3%	58.1%
95	Santa Barbara	87,779	$106,182	14.0%	51.9%	39.9%
96	Citrus Heights	86,995	$82,314	8.6%	23.9%	60.7%
97	Lake Forest	86,281	$135,175	8.5%	50.8%	70.5%
98	Whittier	86,165	$97,201	9.1%	29.5%	57.9%
99	San Ramon	85,993	$196,161	4.4%	71.6%	70.9%
100	Livermore	85,522	$160,775	4.9%	52.3%	72.0%

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Income and poverty

Income in the past 12 months, in inflation-adjusted dollars

Median household income: $99,122
Per capita income: $49,513
Below poverty level: 4,632,248 people (12.0%)

Education

Highest level completed, 27,073,960 adults age 25 and older

High school graduate or higher22,936,99684.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher10,039,80537.1%
Graduate or professional degree3,906,34414.4%

Race and ethnicity

Share of total population. Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; other groups exclude them.

Hispanic or Latino (any race)15,778,96340.2%
White (non-Hispanic)13,267,44233.8%
Asian6,007,19715.3%
Black or African American2,040,0955.2%
Two or more races1,718,1814.4%
Some other race241,0840.6%
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander131,8850.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native102,5300.3%

27.0% of residents (10,598,301) were born outside the United States.

Languages spoken at home

37,121,454 residents age 5 and older

55.6% speak only English at home and 44.4% speak another language. 6,499,255 people (17.5%) speak English less than "very well."

Spanish10,513,93128.3%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)1,291,8323.5%
Other Indo-European languages1,283,4573.5%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)773,1552.1%
Other Asian and Pacific Island languages731,9272.0%
Vietnamese562,9561.5%
Korean356,2311.0%
Russian, Polish or other Slavic278,0070.7%

Commute to work

15,217,109 workers who do not work from home

The average one-way commute is 28.7 minutes.

Under 10 minutes9.7%
10 to 19 minutes27.5%
20 to 29 minutes21.2%
30 to 44 minutes22.2%
45 to 59 minutes8.3%
60 minutes or more11.1%

Housing

Owner-occupied home values and rents paid by renters

Median home value: $734,700
Median gross rent: $2,036 a month
Homeownership rate: 55.9% of 13,548,091 households
Housing units: 14,644,735
Median year built: 1976

See home value trends and rents for California

Cultural communities

Largest reported origins and ancestries. People may report more than one.

Mexican Americans12,695,74732.3%
German Americans2,671,7146.8%
Irish Americans2,301,7215.9%
Chinese Americans1,539,8453.9%
Italian Americans1,337,7993.4%
Filipino Americans1,295,0213.3%
Indian Americans891,7752.3%
Salvadoran Americans785,2062.0%
Vietnamese Americans682,3861.7%
French Americans528,8361.3%

Asian groups count people reporting one Asian group alone. Hispanic origins and ancestries are self-reported and can overlap.

Frequently asked questions

What is the median household income in California?: The median household income in California is $99,122, according to the American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. The U.S. median is $80,734.
What is the poverty rate in California?: 12.0% of people in California (4,632,248) have incomes below the federal poverty level.
Which city in California has the highest income?: Among places with at least 5,000 residents, Alamo has the highest median household income at $250,000+, followed by Atherton ($250,000+) and Camino Tassajara ($250,000+).
How long is the average commute in California?: Workers in California who do not work from home spend an average of 28.7 minutes getting to work.

Data sources

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