Escalon, California

Escalon population, 2020 to 2024

Escalon lost 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +24. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 167th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Escalon is 20% of it.

Escalon covers 2.28 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 3,269 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Escalon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Escalon is in

All of Escalon's residents live in San Joaquin County, which had 816,108 residents in 2024. Escalon holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Escalon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Escalon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 95320. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Escalon is

The Census internal point of Escalon is at 37.791300, -120.999600. Sacramento, the capital, is 60.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Riverbank, CA (25,625 people), 5.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Modesto, CA, 10.6 miles away.

Daylight in Escalon

At 37.79° N, Escalon gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Escalon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Riverbank, 5.4 miles away, with 25,625 people.