AugustCA
A town of 8,825.
Is August a good place to live?
August grades D overall, 633rd of 841 graded towns in California, mostly because of health and incomes. Residents are less healthy than 92% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household income is $53K, and 27% of residents live below the poverty line. What it does well: it is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns. August’s average trip to work is 47 minutes, against 28 minutes in California’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. On cost of living, just 45 of California’s 1,058 towns do better.
98% of working residents leave August for work
Where August’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How August grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far August is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to August: who provides what
August is unincorporated, so San Joaquin County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in August.
August carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of California (mostly earthquakes) and has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has poverty well above the California rate.
August’s typical home value is about $313K
The median property tax bill is $1,438, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical August home is worth about $313,000, down 1.9% in a year, 59% below the California typical home. 56% of households own their home in August.
| August | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 56% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,221 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Public schools in August fall behind 72% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Stockton Unified school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| August ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 534 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
August earns a D for health
37% of August adults say their health is fair or poor. August beats the California average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 22. 19% of August adults report frequent physical distress.
| August | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 22% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 16% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 66% | 72% | 79% |
| What stands out | August | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.3% | 6.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 25.7% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
August has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The average commute for its 2,934 working residents takes 46.6 minutes, against 28.7 across California.
Most working residents leave August for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, August has added 74 jobs, to 1,242 in 2023. The top destinations are Stockton (28%), Tracy (4%) and Lodi (3%).
| August | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $53,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In August, expect mild winters and hot summers
The Stockton Fire Stn 4 weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 305 days, longer than in 95% of U.S. towns.
August has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. August’s July high is 94°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
August faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by earthquakes
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 93% of California towns, with expected losses of about $317 per resident a year; that rating is what its B− for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in August is 47 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| August | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gianone Park | — | 13 |
| 2. West Jackson Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mount Diablo and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around August. Close and well known come first.
36 mi MountainMount Diablo
2 mi Stadium & arenaAdventist Health Arena
3 mi MuseumHaggin Museum
5 mi MuseumUSS Lucid
37 mi MuseumWestern Railway Museum
38 mi MuseumBlackhawk MuseumPhoto credits
Mount Diablo: Trurl66, Public domain · Adventist Health Arena: Christopher Bauer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Haggin Museum: Bluelight999, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS Lucid: U.S. Navy photo, Public domain · Western Railway Museum: LPS.1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blackhawk Museum: ShakataGaNai, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about August
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of August
About 5 of every 100 August residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About August
Census-designated place in California, United States
August is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Joaquin County, California, United States. The population was 8,628 at the 2020 census, up from 8,390 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 26 ft
- Area code
- 209
August’s neighbors
One town shares a border with August.
August reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare August with a neighbor →
Questions about August
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is August, CA a good place to live?
August grades D overall, better than 8% of U.S. towns and #633 of 841 in California. It grades D for health and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is August, CA expensive?
That is 3.4 years of the area's median household income ($92,179 across the Stockton-Lodi, CA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.