Manteca is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 86,928 people and 19 associated neighborhoods, Manteca is the 102nd largest community in California. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Manteca, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Manteca, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Manteca’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Manteca does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $89,966.00.

Housing costs in Manteca are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Also of interest is that Manteca has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.58% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Manteca, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.32 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

In terms of college education, Manteca is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.32% of adults 25 and older in Manteca have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Manteca in 2022 was $36,000, which is middle income relative to California, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,000 for a family of four. However, Manteca contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Manteca is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Manteca home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Manteca, accounting for 39.96% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Manteca residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Manteca include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Portuguese.

Manteca also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.44%.

The most common language spoken in Manteca is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.