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Empire, California.

A community in Stanislaus County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Stanislaus County’s.

Living in Empire, Stanislaus County, California

Empire, in Stanislaus County, had 4,202 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Stanislaus County was 7.0% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 4,202 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Empire for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 7.0% Stanislaus County, August 2026; 7.1% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Empire for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,093households
  • 8%of adults have a degree
  • 22%below the poverty line
  • 23 mintypical commute
  • 0%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Farming, forestry and mining11%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Stanislaus County had 199,343 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 56° and 39°; warmest in July, 95° and 63° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 56° 39° F M A M J J 95° 63° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 56° and 39°; warmest in July, 95° and 63° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 56° 39° F M A M J J 95° 63° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 56° and lows near 39°; warmest in July, with highs near 95° and lows near 63°. About 12 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Modesto City County Airport weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Stanislaus County

  1. EJ Gallo WinerySite support functions2,477
  2. Memorial Hospital ModestoGeneral hospital2,029FTE
  3. Modesto City Elementary SchoolsSchool district1,794FTE
  4. Modesto Medical CenterGeneral medical and surgical hospitals1,720
  5. Kaiser PermanenteGeneral medical and surgical hospitals1,690
  6. Doctors Medical Center of ModestoGeneral hospital1,651FTE
  7. Turlock UnifiedSchool district1,567FTE
  8. Modesto City High SchoolsSchool district1,547FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 438 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 67,299 people in all across the county; Empire has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Inland floodingVery high
  2. EarthquakesVery high
  3. DroughtRelatively high
  4. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  5. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Empire’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Stanislaus County.