Manteca now has 12,236 housing units in the development pipeline.

The number is gleaned from the City of Manteca’s housing inventory update as of March 2024 that included finished, entitled and pending lots/multiple family units.

That could work out to 38,053 more people based on Manteca’s 2023 housing occupancy yield of 3.11 people per unit regardless of the housing type.

To put that in perspective, 38,053 more people is:

*4,053 more than Lathrop’s current population of 34,000.

*1,557 less than the  combined 39,616 population of Ripon (16,440) and Oakdale (23,176).

*roughly five times the current population of Escalon (7,523).

*42 percent of Manteca’s current population of 90,000.

An additional 38,053 residents is more than the population of 12 of California’s 58 counties

Assuming growth flattens numerically, Manteca could end up building half of the housing units in less than 8 years.

If that happens, it would put Manteca’s population at 128,053 by 2041 assuming a steady 700 housing units are bult annually.

A breakdown of the 12,236 housing units is as follows:

*3,013 lots are ready for — or under — construction.

*2,008 new units started being reviewed in 2023 and either have or are moving toward approval.

*3,042 of the living units are apartments, or just under a third of the overall total.

Of the 2023 projects approved and those currently approved:
*1,536 are proposed for south of the 120 Bypass.

*710 are proposed for north of Lathrop Road.

*797 are proposed for east of Highway 99.

*476 are proposed in “central Manteca” between Highway 99, the 120 Bypass, Lathrop Road, and the Lathrop city limits. The bulk of those are along or near the Airport Way corridor.

Of the 3,042 units ready for — or under – construction, roughly two thirds are south of the 120 Bypass and a third southwest of Airport Way and Louise Avenue as well as apartments on Lathrop Road west of Union Road.

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email; dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com