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Manteca, CA
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Manteca profile


Living in Manteca



Manteca is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 86,928 people and 19 associated neighborhoods, Manteca is the 102nd largest community in California. Much of the housing stock in Manteca was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Manteca economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Manteca, where the median household income is $89,966.00.

Housing costs in Manteca are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Also of interest is that Manteca has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Manteca telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.58% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Manteca, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.32 minutes every day commuting to work.

The education level of Manteca citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.32% of adults 25 and older in Manteca have a college degree.

The per capita income in Manteca in 2022 was $36,000, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,000 for a family of four. However, Manteca contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Manteca is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Manteca home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Manteca, accounting for 39.96% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Manteca residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Manteca include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Portuguese.

Manteca also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.44%.

The most common language spoken in Manteca is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.