Ripon vs Tracy

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

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

Tracy has the higher population (95,358 vs 16,117 in Ripon). Ripon has the higher median household income ($120,061 vs $118,253 in Tracy). Ripon has the higher median home value ($666,400 vs $653,900 in Tracy).

Population, income & housing

	Ripon	Tracy
Population	16,117	95,358
Median age	39.6 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$120,061	$118,253
Median home value	$666,400	$653,900
Median gross rent	$1,799	$2,325
Housing units	5,677	28,998
Homeownership rate	67.5%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ripon	Tracy
Population	15,777 → 16,117 (+2.2%)	90,675 → 95,358 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$84,313 → $120,061 (+42.4%)	$92,046 → $118,253 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$452,000 → $666,400 (+47.4%)	$446,200 → $653,900 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,466 → $1,799 (+22.7%)	$1,774 → $2,325 (+31.1%)

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

Tracy

Population

90,67595,358

Median household income

$92,046$118,253

Median home value

$446,200$653,900

Median gross rent

$1,774$2,325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ripon	Tracy
Under 5	5.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	21.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	6.8%
75 and over	6.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ripon	Tracy
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	25.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.2%	21.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.7%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	23.1%	41.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ripon	Tracy
No high school diploma	7.4%	16.3%
High school graduate	25.1%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ripon	Tracy
Drove alone	81.9%	69.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	12.5%
Public transit	0.7%	1.5%
Walked	0.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.1%	13.0%
Other means	1.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ripon	Tracy
1-unit, detached	80.6%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	3.7%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Ripon	Tracy
Poverty rate	3.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.91	3.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	43
Median year structure built	1995	1995