Escalon, California.
Typical home $591,082 (+1.1% in a year), asking rent $2,375 . Stockton, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,532 (+97%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,210 +1%
- $584,872$591,082 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $41,310 +8%
- $549,773$591,082 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Escalon$3,102
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 48 years.
Typical home values in Escalon, CA rose 1.1% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Escalon, San Joaquin County, California
Escalon is a city of 7,472 people in San Joaquin County. Half its households earn more than $81,467 a year and half less, against $92,179 across San Joaquin County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 72% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 28% are rented. Unemployment in San Joaquin County was 6.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Escalon is a small city in San Joaquin County, with a population on the younger side and incomes a little below the county's. Most homes are lived in by their owners, more than in many places, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than is typical. Winters are cool and wet, summers are hot and dry, and a year brings only a modest amount of rain.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing and in the building trades. Among the largest workplaces in Escalon are Escalon Unified, CT Brayton & Sons and Strand Ace Hardware. Unemployment across San Joaquin County is a little lower than a year ago, and the county has added a small number of jobs. The typical commute is moderate, and relatively few people work from home.
Things to do. Graceada Park, a park, is a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to the Gallo Center for the Arts, a theatre, and the Haggin Museum, a museum. The Tuolumne River, also a longer drive away, is another option for time outdoors.
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- 2,854households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. San Joaquin County had 290,380 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
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, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Escalon
- Escalon UnifiedSchool district261FTE
- CT Brayton & SonsCommercial building construction general contractors60
- Strand Ace HardwareHardware stores41
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 101 people in all. School districts come 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
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Escalon’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 San Joaquin County and the Stockton, CA metro.
Escalon home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Escalon$591,082
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Escalon listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Escalon18.84%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Escalon30
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Escalon10
Zip codes with a Escalon address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Escalon — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.