Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety20#744/924
Economy59#379/925
Housing6#871/925
Health71#270/925
Healthcare62#350/923
Environment25#687/917
Education23#717/925
Infrastructure62#354/925
Community17#769/925
Leisure & amenities17#768/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an Amtrak station · low4 mi
99/100California 10 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Drought exposure · low0%
99/100California 9%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · low9.4 /100k
97/100California 9.9 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · high34.2%
96/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Distance to an emergency room · low3.7 mi
95/100California 4.3 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Median household income · high$92,179
93/100California $100,130United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high34.1 min
1/100California 28.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.7 µg/m³
2/100California 9.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Severe housing problems · high24.3%
2/100California 25.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Social associations · low4.2 /10k
2/100California 6.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Unemployment rate · high6.7%
3/100California 5.5%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Violent crime rate · high616 /100k
5/100California 433 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
780,618 (2020) → 823,815 (2025)
+5.5%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureImproving
100% (2021) → 0% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−100 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
13 days (2017) → 3 days (2022)
−77%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Voter turnoutWorsening
64.0% (2020) → 53.6% (2024)
−10 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
New business applicationsImproving
7.8 /1k (2020) → 11.8 /1k (2025)
+50%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
New homes permittedWorsening
5.6 /1k (2021) → 2.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−50%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area improved on 17 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 4 moved within the margin of error and 6 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved17

Household income+43%$64,432 → $92,179
Real income+40%$42,826 → $59,966
Firearm deaths−38%14.5 /100k → 9.0 /100k
Suicides−20%11.8 /100k → 9.4 /100k
Inequality−0.0150.453 → 0.438

Declined5

Overdose deaths+26%19.6 /100k → 24.6 /100k
Transit use−0.8 points1.7% → 0.9%
Pharmacies−11%1.1 /10k → 1.0 /10k
Traffic deaths+9.7%15.3 /100k → 16.8 /100k
Price / income+0.4×5.3× → 5.8×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.9 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+1.9%	Little change	34%
Average commute time	34.2 min2015-2019	34.1 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	68%
Average weekly wage	$1,0272020	$1,2302025	+20%	Improved	19%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	+4 points	Improved	78%
Broadband subscriptions	82.9%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+9.7 points	Improved	57%
Child poverty rate	19.9%2015-2019	16.4%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Improved	63%
Distance to an airport	47 mi2020	47 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	19.6 /100k2020	24.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+26%	Declined	15%
Effective property tax rate	0.89%2015-2019	0.79%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	42%
Firearm deaths	14.5 /100k2020	9.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−38%	Improved	96%
Grocery stores	2.0 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	+5.8%	Improved	69%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−1.7%	Little change	36%
High school diploma or higher	79.3%2015-2019	80.9%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Improved	48%
Home price to income ratio	5.3×2015-2019	5.8×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	50%
Homicide rate	10.8 /100k2020	7.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−31%	Improved	57%
Income adjusted for local prices	$42,8262019	$59,9662024	+40%	Improved	90%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4532015-2019	0.4382020-2024	−0.015	Improved	85%
Median household income	$64,4322015-2019	$92,1792020-2024	+43%	Improved	98%
New business applications	7.8 /1k2020	11.8 /1k2025	+50%	Improved	56%
Pharmacies	1.1 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−11%	Declined	45%
Poverty rate	14.5%2015-2019	12.4%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Improved	75%
Property crime rate	2,322 /100k2020	1,982 /100k2025	−15%	Improved	17%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−1.6%	Little change	52%
Public transit commuters	1.7%2015-2019	0.9%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Declined	22%
Rent as share of income	32.3%2015-2019	31.9%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Rent-burdened households	54.7%2015-2019	53.9%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Restaurants and bars	5.0 /10k2020	5.0 /10k2025	−0.1%	Little change	45%
Suicide rate	11.8 /100k2020	9.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−20%	Improved	87%
Traffic deaths	15.3 /100k2015-2019	16.8 /100k2020-2024	+9.7%	Declined	45%
Unemployment rate	11.1%2020	6.7%2025	−4.4 points	Improved	86%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.2%2015-2019	7.1%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Violent crime rate	723 /100k2020	616 /100k2025	−15%	Improved	47%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area itself moved +3.1 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

797,334 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

245,250 households (±1,175)

Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area
United States share

Under $25k12%29,462
$25k–50k14%34,497
$50k–75k14%35,000

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

245,250 households (±1,175)

Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area
United States share

Own62%152,030
Rent38%93,220

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.4 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

337,508 workers (±3,131)

Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area
United States share

Drive alone74%248,632
Carpool12%41,532
Public transit0.9%3,011

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Stockton-Lodi, CA employ 77,020 people. 8 pay a median above the US median and 2 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Stockton-Lodi, CA by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand15,030 jobs	15,030	$47,330US $40,240	+18%	2.73×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides12,580 jobs	12,580

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Stockton-Lodi, CA has 13,638 employer establishments, 169 for every 10,000 residents (0.68× the US rate of 248), with 232,910 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,826. The Census Bureau also counts 55,593 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 13,638; 55,593 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 169; US 248
Paid employees: 232,910
Average annual pay: $56,826; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Stockton-Lodi, CA by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Truck transportation	1,291	16	3.17×More than typical	8,947	$62,301	6,890
Restaurants and other eating places	1,159	14.4	0.78×Fewer than typical	20,554	$24,991	287
Ambulatory health care services	1,133	14.1	0.67×Fewer than typical	13,304	$74,481	1,656
Specialty trade contractors	946	11.7	0.76×Fewer than typical	9,572	$72,841	2,049
Lessors of real estate	584	7.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	2,366	$52,199	4,010
Limited-service restaurants	562	7	0.87×About typical	11,107	$23,692	99
Full-service restaurants	403	5	0.65×Fewer than typical	6,774	$27,831	114
Services to buildings and dwellings	399	5	0.73×Fewer than typical	3,525	$41,176	3,544
Automotive repair and maintenance	392	4.9	0.97×About typical	2,464	$51,590	1,118
Construction of buildings	381	4.7	0.63×Fewer than typical	2,687	$77,177	1,301
Building equipment contractors	360	4.5	0.74×Fewer than typical	3,235	$81,415	456
Offices of physicians	333	4.1	0.64×Fewer than typical	2,818	$93,717	222

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 806,055 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $460.4M on contracts performed in Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area: $559 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $460.4M; −11% vs FY2025
Per resident: $559; US $1,994
Sole-source: 17%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.7%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$224M49%
Agricultural Marketing Service$144.7M31%
Department of the Air Force$37.7M8.2%
Department of the Army$31.3M6.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs$14M3.0%
Department of the Navy$2.4M0.5%
Indian Health Service$1.6M0.3%
Forest Service$1.5M0.3%

Top recipients

COASTAL PACIFIC FOOD DISTRIBUTORS, INC.$209.7M46%
PACIFIC COAST PRODUCERS$80.2M17%
AERO TURBINE, INC$37.6M8.2%
PEARL CROP, INC.$33M7.2%
S. J. AMOROSO CONSTRUCTION CO., LLC$18M3.9%

Spending by fiscal year

156.5MFY2017
210.8MFY2018
379.3MFY2019
283.7MFY2020
318.6MFY2021
452.3MFY2022
517.8MFY2023
503.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other food manufacturing · 3119$189.2M41%
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing · 3114$100.9M22%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$39.4M8.5%
Fruit and tree nut farming · 1113$32.3M7.0%
Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing · 3118$25.5M5.5%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$20.3M

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.5B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area: $4,287 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.5B; −8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,287; US $12,955
Loan face value: $188.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.1B60%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$282.7M8.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$257.8M7.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$203.7M5.8%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$180.3M5.1%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$70M2.0%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$46.6M1.3%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$40.1M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY$78M2.2%
STOCKTON, CA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA$67.6M1.9%
SACRAMENTO, CA
SAN JOAQUIN DELTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT$39.3M1.1%
STOCKTON, CA
PELICAN RENEWABLES LLC$32.9M0.9%
STOCKTON, CA
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$2.8B78%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$329.2M9.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$78M2.2%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Highway Administration$70.2M2.0%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency

Assistance by fiscal year

3.2BFY2021
2.9BFY2022
3.1BFY2023
3.2BFY2024
3.8BFY2025
3.5BFY2026

County aggregates

88%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Stockton-Lodi, CA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

San Joaquin CountyCentral county28823,815

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in California

Areas based in California, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

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Trends

What changed in five years

Improved17

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

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Income

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Local businesses

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Counties in Stockton-Lodi, CA

Principal cities

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Other metro and micro areas in California

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Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved17

Declined5

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