Garden Acres vs Ripon

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

Garden Acres 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 10,417 in Garden Acres). Ripon has the higher median household income ($120,061 vs $62,895 in Garden Acres). Ripon has the higher median home value ($666,400 vs $318,400 in Garden Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Acres	Ripon
Population	10,417	16,117
Median age	33.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,895	$120,061
Median home value	$318,400	$666,400
Median gross rent	$1,304	$1,799
Housing units	3,056	5,677
Homeownership rate	54.0%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Acres	Ripon
Population	9,972 → 10,417 (+4.5%)	15,777 → 16,117 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$41,385 → $62,895 (+52.0%)	$84,313 → $120,061 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$167,600 → $318,400 (+90.0%)	$452,000 → $666,400 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,093 → $1,304 (+19.3%)	$1,466 → $1,799 (+22.7%)

Garden Acres

Population

9,97210,417

Median household income

$41,385$62,895

Median home value

$167,600$318,400

Median gross rent

$1,093$1,304

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)

	Garden Acres	Ripon
Under 5	9.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	21.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	16.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	6.4%	9.3%
75 and over	3.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Acres	Ripon
White (non-Hispanic)	11.4%	65.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	84.3%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Acres	Ripon
No high school diploma	51.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	25.1%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Acres	Ripon
Drove alone	76.1%	81.9%
Carpooled	19.4%	6.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	0.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.8%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Acres	Ripon
1-unit, detached	91.0%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Garden Acres	Ripon
Poverty rate	14.0%	3.5%
Average household size	3.84	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	45	27
Median year structure built	1958	1995