Mountain Center vs Ripley

A side-by-side comparison of Mountain Center and Ripley: population, income, housing, and more.

Mountain Center and Ripley are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ripley has the higher population (600 vs 50 in Mountain Center). Mountain Center has the higher median household income ($43,977 vs $27,957 in Ripley).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Center	Ripley
Population	50	600
Median age	72.8 yrs	28.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,977	$27,957
Median gross rent	—	$581
Housing units	43	266
Homeownership rate	65.1%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	21.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Center	Ripley
Population	0 → 50 (+0.0%)	444 → 600 (+35.1%)
Median household income	$41,786 → $43,977 (+5.2%)	$21,103 → $27,957 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$504 → $581 (+15.3%)

Mountain Center

Population

050

Median household income

$41,786$43,977

Ripley

Population

444600

Median household income

$21,103$27,957

Median gross rent

$504$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Center	Ripley
Under 5	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	30.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	1.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.2%
55 to 64	26.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	74.0%	13.8%
75 and over	0.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Center	Ripley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	3.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	24.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	72.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Center	Ripley
No high school diploma	0.0%	70.1%
High school graduate	14.0%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	74.0%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Center	Ripley
Drove alone	71.4%	98.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Center	Ripley
1-unit, detached	100.0%	34.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	33.1%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Center	Ripley
Poverty rate	0.0%	39.8%
Average household size	1.16	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	—	14
Median year structure built	1946	1969