A move to a Modesto zip code may already be in the cards for you. You have managed to get a job working with heatshrink sleeving or some other kind of job which is popular here in our city. Demographic studies are important to you, because you want to find out what kind of place you are going to be moving to. Even if you are just thinking about moving to Modesto, and it isn't a certainty, knowing what the city's people are like (at least on the surface) may influence your decision to move here. So let's take a look at these figures!

First and foremost when it comes to Modesto, it is important to note that the city has grown considerably in population over the last ten years. Estimates of the population in 2000 suggested 188,000 people living within the limits of Modesto. Probably due to the higher cost of living in the Los Angeles area now (a phenomenon with which owners of Lagrange NY homes are very familiar) there has been a real influx into the city. Today, the population sits at around 210,000 people. That's a big growth rate, in a time when most cities in the United States have stabilized.

Even more remarkable is the change in the ethnic composition of the city. Again, when the 2000 census was taken, the majority of people in the city were of European heritage. Not so anymore! The majority of growth in Modesto has been due to the movement of people of Hispanic heritage. In 200, the population was almost 70% white. Today, that number hovers around 37%, with 50% of the population of Hispanic heritage. Obviously, this change has meant a big change in how public policy works in the city, and even people selling bathroom furniture vanities have found it necessary to be bilingual.

As far as the average prices of homes, you will find the median rates in Modesto under what you would expect to pay for commercial real estate Toronto. The median price of a home here is $310,000, considerably lower than the state average. That of course is a part of the reason why Modesto has grown so much in the past decade.

Where some real problems start to show in Modesto demographics is in the education rates. A full quarter of the population of the city has not completed high school. In fact, half of those have not even completed grade nine. They are not really even qualified to sell used woodworking machines, and retail is the number one employer in the Modesto area. It is one of the cities in the state where a visible discrepancy between the uneducated and educated is very visible.