Poplar-Cotton Center vs Richgrove

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

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

Richgrove has the higher population (2,136 vs 2,038 in Poplar-Cotton Center). Richgrove has the higher median household income ($54,091 vs $51,893 in Poplar-Cotton Center). Poplar-Cotton Center has the higher median home value ($209,100 vs $201,200 in Richgrove).

Population, income & housing

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Richgrove
Population	2,038	2,136
Median age	30.4 yrs	26.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,893	$54,091
Median home value	$209,100	$201,200
Median gross rent	$977	$917
Housing units	607	534
Homeownership rate	48.3%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	1.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Richgrove
Population	2,259 → 2,038 (-9.8%)	2,316 → 2,136 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$32,550 → $51,893 (+59.4%)	$20,962 → $54,091 (+158.0%)
Median home value	$127,000 → $209,100 (+64.6%)	$111,100 → $201,200 (+81.1%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $977 (+24.3%)	$756 → $917 (+21.3%)

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

Richgrove

Population

2,3162,136

Median household income

$20,962$54,091

Median home value

$111,100$201,200

Median gross rent

$756$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Richgrove
Under 5	8.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	31.0%
18 to 24	11.3%	12.7%
25 to 34	24.2%	14.3%
35 to 44	6.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.9%	3.5%
75 and over	6.1%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Richgrove
White (non-Hispanic)	5.4%	4.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	82.9%	94.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Richgrove
No high school diploma	46.9%	47.1%
High school graduate	30.7%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Richgrove
Drove alone	68.9%	69.9%
Carpooled	29.6%	27.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Richgrove
1-unit, detached	70.7%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Richgrove
Poverty rate	27.0%	30.4%
Average household size	3.71	4.32
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1972	1987