69 census tracts

Stockton.California housing market

This Stockton housing market report covers about 99,100 homes across 69 census tracts. Rent growth in Stockton is running at 5.8% a year at the median, faster than in 135 of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks, against the California median of 4.6%. For August 2026, the average listing price is $495,679 across 555 active listings (Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory).

The Stockton Channel waterfront and downtown Stockton, California skyline
The Stockton Channel waterfront and downtown skyline. halbergman/iStock
Average listing price
$495,679
555 active listings · Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory · August 2026
Population growth
+0.2%
a year, 2020 to 2025 · Census population estimates
Approximate homes
99,100
across 69 assigned tracts
Vacant homes
6.1%
of all homes
Renter-occupied
47%
of occupied homes

Stockton housing market context

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01.

Location score distribution

How location scores vary across 69 census tracts in Stockton.

median 79.1 71 91

Half of Stockton's tracts score between 77 and 83. The full range spans 71 to 91, with a median of 79.1.

Distribution of tract scores
Median (79.1)
Mean (79.4)

What the location score shows

PriceDNA Location Score™ is a 0 to 100 signal designed to summarize local strength and risk context for rental-property analysis. Higher scores generally point to stronger location fundamentals.

The middle half of Stockton's tracts is 6.0 points wide on the score, narrower than in 80 of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks.

To see the location score for your specific property, analyze a property

02.

Housing composition

Key housing statistics for approximately 99,100 homes in Stockton, including occupancy, tenure, and structure type.

Tenure of occupied homes: owner 53%, renter 47%.
Tenure of occupied homes Owner 53% · Renter 47%
Housing occupancy: occupied 93.9%, vacant 6.1%.
Occupancy Occupied 93.9% · Vacant 6.1%

Of about 99,100 homes, 6.1% are vacant. Among occupied homes, 47% are renter-occupied, providing context on the size of the local rental base.

By structure type, about 74% of Stockton’s housing units are in single-family structures, 7% in small multifamily buildings (2 to 4 units), and 18% in larger multifamily buildings (5+ units). Percentages are rounded; small residual structure categories are not shown.

03.

How Stockton compares

Stockton's median is above the California median on 4 of these 8 measures and above the U.S. median on 3. The city range shows the lower quarter, median and upper quarter of its census tracts.

How Stockton compares with California and United States medians
Metric Stockton lower · median · upper Stockton California CA United States US
Census ACS B19013 · 2020 to 2024
$60,625 $72,590 $97,376 $96,931 $77,171
Census ACS B15003 · 2020 to 2024
19% 27% 35% 42% 41%
Census ACS B01001 · 2020 to 2024
31% 34% 36% 34% 32%
FHFA HPI · 2025
3.3% every tract 4.8% 5.2%
HUD SAFMR · 2018 to 2027 + Census ACS B25064 · 2014 to 2024
5.2% 5.8% 6.3% 4.6% 3.8%
Census ACS B25103 · 2020 to 2024 + Lincoln Institute
1.19% every tract 1.19% 1.65%
Census ACS B25141 · 2020 to 2024 + U.S. Treasury FIO
0.29% 0.29% 0.30% 0.21% 0.56%
Census ACS B25064 + B19013 · 2020 to 2024
30.2% 33.6% 36.6% 33.8% 30.8%
04.

About this data

PriceDNA uses the most local reliable data available for each metric. Some signals are available at the census-tract level. Others are published or more reliable at broader geographies such as county, metro, state, or national level.

Housing-unit totals are approximate. PriceDNA sums Census ACS counts for the tracts assigned to the city by centroid, so the market total can differ from a municipal boundary count when a tract crosses the city line.

The property-tax assumption combines local residential tax data with a state-level apartment benchmark to provide more conservative context for rental-property underwriting. Insurance assumptions use available residential property insurance data and should be verified for the specific property and coverage.

These pages are designed for market screening and investor education. They do not replace property-level underwriting, inspections, appraisals, insurance quotes, lender review, or professional advice.

05.

Nearby markets

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