Escalon vs Ripon

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

Escalon 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 7,429 in Escalon). Ripon has the higher median household income ($120,061 vs $86,875 in Escalon). Ripon has the higher median home value ($666,400 vs $461,700 in Escalon).

Population, income & housing

	Escalon	Ripon
Population	7,429	16,117
Median age	36.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,875	$120,061
Median home value	$461,700	$666,400
Median gross rent	$1,763	$1,799
Housing units	2,943	5,677
Homeownership rate	77.2%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escalon	Ripon
Population	7,538 → 7,429 (-1.4%)	15,777 → 16,117 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$74,454 → $86,875 (+16.7%)	$84,313 → $120,061 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$348,300 → $461,700 (+32.6%)	$452,000 → $666,400 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,659 → $1,763 (+6.3%)	$1,466 → $1,799 (+22.7%)

Escalon

Population

7,5387,429

Median household income

$74,454$86,875

Median home value

$348,300$461,700

Median gross rent

$1,659$1,763

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)

	Escalon	Ripon
Under 5	9.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	21.0%
18 to 24	2.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	17.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	7.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	6.2%	9.3%
75 and over	11.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escalon	Ripon
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	65.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.4%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escalon	Ripon
No high school diploma	12.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	24.9%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	46.5%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escalon	Ripon
Drove alone	73.8%	81.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	5.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.6%	9.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escalon	Ripon
1-unit, detached	93.0%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Escalon	Ripon
Poverty rate	9.5%	3.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1987	1995