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11,009people live here $67,500median household income▼ 16% below US $1,274median rent per monthNear US average $349,700median home valueNear US average

Delhi is an unincorporated community in Merced County, CA. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Delhi

Delhi is an unincorporated community in California with rent below the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Delhi deals with county unemployment above the national average, household incomes below the national average, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, and college degree attainment below the national average.

The good

Rent below the national average

The not so good

Above-average unemployment in the county
Below-average household incomes
Air quality concerns
Low college degree attainment
Shrinking population
High student-teacher ratio

How Delhi compares

Median household income

Delhi$67,500

California avg$99,122

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Delhi$1,274

California avg$2,036

US$1,413

Median home value

Delhi$349,700

California avg$734,700

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Delhi

Based on Delhi's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$2,548

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $50,960 a year
37% of Delhi renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$69,940

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $34,970
Homes cost 5.2× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of livingNear US average

$1,274/mo median rent

Cost of living works in this city's favor. Median rent sits around $1,274 a month, nothing that raises eyebrows. Solid value overall. Home prices run above average, with a median around $349,700. Buyers should expect to stretch their budget here.

Median home value $349,700 · 37% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

10.2% county unemployment

Unemployment in Merced County is 10.2%, well above the national average of 4.3%. Moving with a job already lined up matters more here. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Merced County (county-wide)

Safety

370 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Delhi doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Merced County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs close to the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1411/100k · Policed by Merced County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

26 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 25.7 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 9 in 10 workers drive to work.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

83%

Carpool

7.6%

Walk

3.8%

Other

3.2%

Work from home

2.6%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 91°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 43°F. It's a dry climate with limited rainfall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 59% below US

15% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a working-class city, and college degree rates reflect that. Trades, manufacturing, and service industries tend to dominate the local economy, which is a strength for some fields and a real constraint for others.

Schools

5 public schools inside the boundary

There are 5 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 19:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Pinnacles National Park (69 miles away). There are 8 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Delhi's strongest point is rent below the national average; the main tradeoffs are county unemployment above the national average and household incomes below the national average. A year of median rent ($1,274/mo) equals 23% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It may be a harder fit for anyone moving without a job lined up.

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