Poplar-Cotton Center vs Terra Bella

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

Poplar-Cotton Center and Terra Bella 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 1,658 in Terra Bella). Terra Bella has the higher median household income ($62,073 vs $51,893 in Poplar-Cotton Center). Terra Bella has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $209,100 in Poplar-Cotton Center).

Population, income & housing

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Terra Bella
Population	2,038	1,658
Median age	30.4 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,893	$62,073
Median home value	$209,100	$225,000
Median gross rent	$977	$1,082
Housing units	607	486
Homeownership rate	48.3%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	42.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Terra Bella
Population	2,259 → 2,038 (-9.8%)	3,182 → 1,658 (-47.9%)
Median household income	$32,550 → $51,893 (+59.4%)	$22,500 → $62,073 (+175.9%)
Median home value	$127,000 → $209,100 (+64.6%)	$144,000 → $225,000 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $977 (+24.3%)	$777 → $1,082 (+39.3%)

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

Terra Bella

Population

3,1821,658

Median household income

$22,500$62,073

Median home value

$144,000$225,000

Median gross rent

$777$1,082

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Terra Bella
Under 5	8.0%	8.9%
5 to 17	16.0%	22.4%
18 to 24	11.3%	12.7%
25 to 34	24.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	6.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.5%	7.0%
65 to 74	5.9%	4.5%
75 and over	6.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Terra Bella
White (non-Hispanic)	5.4%	12.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	11.7%	0.0%
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%	84.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Terra Bella
No high school diploma	46.9%	43.6%
High school graduate	30.7%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Terra Bella
Drove alone	68.9%	65.9%
Carpooled	29.6%	23.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Terra Bella
1-unit, detached	70.7%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	30.0%

Poverty & households

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Terra Bella
Poverty rate	27.0%	17.6%
Average household size	3.71	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1972	1985