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Located in California's Central Valley, Escalon is an attractive City of 7,091 persons in a productive area of San Joaquin County. The city is surrounded on all sides by scenic agricultural land and open spaces.
Escalon continues to foster its goal of maintaining a vibrant and diversified community. The City's mission statement of "Taking pride in our community through quality service" is apparent through the aggressive policies adopted to preserve a family atmosphere and high quality of life.
Escalon boasts a low crime rate, an award-winning school district, quality residential homes and a quaint, 1920's era downtown.
Geographically located on Highway 120 between the San Francisco Bay area and the historic Mother Lode leading to Yosemite National Park. Just minutes from Stockton, Modesto and Manteca, Escalon offers a central location with direct access to all modes of transportation.
Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 5,963 people, 2,056 households, and 1,597 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,128.6/km² (2,930.0/mi²). There were 2,132 housing units at an average density of 403.5/km² (1,047.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 85.23% White, 0.57% African American, 0.96% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 0.18% Pacific Islander, 8.72% from other races, and 3.25% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.87% of the population.
There were 2,056 households out of which 41.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.3% were non-families. 19.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.31.
In the city the population was spread out with 30.9% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $49,797, and the median income for a family was $55,488. Males had a median income of $46,554 versus $27,059 for females. The for the city was $19,016. About 6.9% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.3% of those under age 18 and 2.5% of those age 65 or over.
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City of ESCALON, CA official site
City of ESCALON, CA chamber of commerce
City of ESCALON, CA general information
City of ESCALON, CA yellow pages
City of ESCALON, CA newspaper
County of SAN JOAQUIN, CA official site
State of California official site