Lathrop vs Ripon

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

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

Lathrop has the higher population (32,696 vs 16,117 in Ripon). Ripon has the higher median household income ($120,061 vs $118,605 in Lathrop). Ripon has the higher median home value ($666,400 vs $605,000 in Lathrop).

Population, income & housing

	Lathrop	Ripon
Population	32,696	16,117
Median age	34.2 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$118,605	$120,061
Median home value	$605,000	$666,400
Median gross rent	$2,367	$1,799
Housing units	8,825	5,677
Homeownership rate	83.8%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lathrop	Ripon
Population	22,341 → 32,696 (+46.3%)	15,777 → 16,117 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$85,805 → $118,605 (+38.2%)	$84,313 → $120,061 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$358,900 → $605,000 (+68.6%)	$452,000 → $666,400 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,715 → $2,367 (+38.0%)	$1,466 → $1,799 (+22.7%)

Lathrop

Population

22,34132,696

Median household income

$85,805$118,605

Median home value

$358,900$605,000

Median gross rent

$1,715$2,367

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)

	Lathrop	Ripon
Under 5	7.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	22.3%	21.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.3%
75 and over	3.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lathrop	Ripon
White (non-Hispanic)	18.8%	65.5%
Black or African American	7.1%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	32.3%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.7%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	35.1%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lathrop	Ripon
No high school diploma	17.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	29.2%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lathrop	Ripon
Drove alone	71.5%	81.9%
Carpooled	13.7%	6.1%
Public transit	2.1%	0.7%
Walked	0.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.0%	9.1%
Other means	2.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lathrop	Ripon
1-unit, detached	91.7%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lathrop	Ripon
Poverty rate	8.6%	3.5%
Average household size	3.86	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	44	27
Median year structure built	2005	1995