California

Distance from Stockton to Tracy

Straight-line distance

18.9mi

Stockton, CA and Tracy, CA are 18.9 miles (30.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Stockton, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (205°).

kilometers
30.4
nautical miles
16.4
heading from Stockton
205° SSW
heading from Tracy
24° NNE
StocktonTracy

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Stockton is from Tracy

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Stockton and Tracy is 18.9 miles, 30.4 km or 16.4 nautical miles. That is the shortest path over the Earth's surface, computed with the haversine formula on a sphere with the mean Earth radius, 6,371.0 km. A course held on one compass bearing (a rhumb line) would be 18.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
18.9
Kilometers
30.4
Nautical miles
16.4
Bearing from Stockton
204.5° SSW
Bearing arriving at Tracy
204.4°
Bearing from Tracy
24.4° NNE

Halfway between Stockton and Tracy

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.852022, -121.380521 (37°51'7.28"N 121°22'49.88"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Lathrop, CA, with 40,860 residents, 4.5 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Both use America/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Stockton gets 14 h 48 min of daylight and Tracy 14 h 47 min; on December 21, 9 h 32 min and 9 h 33 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Stockton has 3.2 times the population of Tracy. From July 2020 to July 2024, Stockton changed by +1.2% and Tracy by +7.0%. Both are in California.

  1. 01Stockton, CA324,975 (+1.2%)
  2. 02Tracy, CA100,136 (+7.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Stockton from Tracy?

18.9 miles, 30.4 km or 16.4 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tracy from Stockton?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Stockton on a bearing of 204.5° and arrives at Tracy on 204.4°. The return trip starts on 24.4°.

What is halfway between Stockton and Tracy?

The midpoint is at 37.852022, -121.380521. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Lathrop, CA, 4.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Stockton and Tracy?

Both use America/Los_Angeles, so there is no time difference.

Which is bigger, Stockton or Tracy?

Stockton, with 324,975 residents in July 2024 against 100,136 for Tracy, 3.2 times as many.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and Vintage 2024 estimates; time zones from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  2. 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  3. 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  4. 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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