August vs Ripon

A side-by-side comparison of August and Ripon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ripon has the higher population (16,117 vs 8,471 in August). Ripon has the higher median household income ($120,061 vs $48,708 in August). Ripon has the higher median home value ($666,400 vs $267,600 in August).

Population, income & housing

	August	Ripon
Population	8,471	16,117
Median age	27.3 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,708	$120,061
Median home value	$267,600	$666,400
Median gross rent	$1,133	$1,799
Housing units	2,481	5,677
Homeownership rate	53.7%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	August	Ripon
Population	8,405 → 8,471 (+0.8%)	15,777 → 16,117 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$34,611 → $48,708 (+40.7%)	$84,313 → $120,061 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$164,900 → $267,600 (+62.3%)	$452,000 → $666,400 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$943 → $1,133 (+20.1%)	$1,466 → $1,799 (+22.7%)

August

Population

8,4058,471

Median household income

$34,611$48,708

Median home value

$164,900$267,600

Median gross rent

$943$1,133

Ripon

Population

15,77716,117

Median household income

$84,313$120,061

Median home value

$452,000$666,400

Median gross rent

$1,466$1,799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	August	Ripon
Under 5	11.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	22.5%	21.0%
18 to 24	12.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	17.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	5.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	7.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	5.5%	9.3%
75 and over	3.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	August	Ripon
White (non-Hispanic)	9.6%	65.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	84.7%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	August	Ripon
No high school diploma	41.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	31.6%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	August	Ripon
Drove alone	78.5%	81.9%
Carpooled	17.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.0%	9.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	August	Ripon
1-unit, detached	75.3%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	5.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	August	Ripon
Poverty rate	28.7%	3.5%
Average household size	3.75	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	49	27
Median year structure built	1957	1995