Mountain House vs Ripon

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

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

Mountain House has the higher population (25,108 vs 16,117 in Ripon). Mountain House has the higher median household income ($171,675 vs $120,061 in Ripon). Mountain House has the higher median home value ($859,700 vs $666,400 in Ripon).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain House	Ripon
Population	25,108	16,117
Median age	34.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$171,675	$120,061
Median home value	$859,700	$666,400
Median gross rent	$3,232	$1,799
Housing units	6,958	5,677
Homeownership rate	73.1%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.9%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain House	Ripon
Population	17,966 → 25,108 (+39.8%)	15,777 → 16,117 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$140,801 → $171,675 (+21.9%)	$84,313 → $120,061 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$595,700 → $859,700 (+44.3%)	$452,000 → $666,400 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,547 → $3,232 (+26.9%)	$1,466 → $1,799 (+22.7%)

Mountain House

Population

17,96625,108

Median household income

$140,801$171,675

Median home value

$595,700$859,700

Median gross rent

$2,547$3,232

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)

	Mountain House	Ripon
Under 5	6.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	26.1%	21.0%
18 to 24	11.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	19.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	8.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	4.6%	9.3%
75 and over	2.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain House	Ripon
White (non-Hispanic)	21.7%	65.5%
Black or African American	5.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	55.6%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain House	Ripon
No high school diploma	7.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	15.6%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain House	Ripon
Drove alone	62.8%	81.9%
Carpooled	14.0%	6.1%
Public transit	1.6%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.6%	9.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain House	Ripon
1-unit, detached	85.7%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Mountain House	Ripon
Poverty rate	2.7%	3.5%
Average household size	3.80	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	55	27
Median year structure built	2010	1995