London vs Poplar-Cotton Center

A side-by-side comparison of London and Poplar-Cotton Center: population, income, housing, and more.

London and Poplar-Cotton Center are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Poplar-Cotton Center has the higher population (2,038 vs 1,701 in London). Poplar-Cotton Center has the higher median household income ($51,893 vs $48,618 in London). Poplar-Cotton Center has the higher median home value ($209,100 vs $163,900 in London).

Population, income & housing

	London	Poplar-Cotton Center
Population	1,701	2,038
Median age	21.1 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,618	$51,893
Median home value	$163,900	$209,100
Median gross rent	$887	$977
Housing units	396	607
Homeownership rate	32.4%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	London	Poplar-Cotton Center
Population	1,690 → 1,701 (+0.7%)	2,259 → 2,038 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$32,361 → $48,618 (+50.2%)	$32,550 → $51,893 (+59.4%)
Median home value	$108,500 → $163,900 (+51.1%)	$127,000 → $209,100 (+64.6%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $887 (+18.4%)	$786 → $977 (+24.3%)

London

Population

1,6901,701

Median household income

$32,361$48,618

Median home value

$108,500$163,900

Median gross rent

$749$887

Poplar-Cotton Center

Population

2,2592,038

Median household income

$32,550$51,893

Median home value

$127,000$209,100

Median gross rent

$786$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	London	Poplar-Cotton Center
Under 5	10.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	32.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	11.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	24.2%
35 to 44	19.9%	6.1%
45 to 54	9.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	4.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	2.0%	5.9%
75 and over	0.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	London	Poplar-Cotton Center
White (non-Hispanic)	5.5%	5.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	92.4%	82.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	London	Poplar-Cotton Center
No high school diploma	44.5%	46.9%
High school graduate	31.3%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	London	Poplar-Cotton Center
Drove alone	81.8%	68.9%
Carpooled	17.3%	29.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	London	Poplar-Cotton Center
1-unit, detached	49.0%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.7%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	London	Poplar-Cotton Center
Poverty rate	46.6%	27.0%
Average household size	4.51	3.71
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1973	1972