Poplar-Cotton Center vs Three Rivers

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

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

Three Rivers has the higher population (2,307 vs 2,038 in Poplar-Cotton Center). Three Rivers has the higher median household income ($83,614 vs $51,893 in Poplar-Cotton Center). Three Rivers has the higher median home value ($455,400 vs $209,100 in Poplar-Cotton Center).

Population, income & housing

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Three Rivers
Population	2,038	2,307
Median age	30.4 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,893	$83,614
Median home value	$209,100	$455,400
Median gross rent	$977	$1,572
Housing units	607	1,502
Homeownership rate	48.3%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Three Rivers
Population	2,259 → 2,038 (-9.8%)	2,424 → 2,307 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$32,550 → $51,893 (+59.4%)	$72,904 → $83,614 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$127,000 → $209,100 (+64.6%)	$295,400 → $455,400 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $977 (+24.3%)	$1,305 → $1,572 (+20.5%)

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

Three Rivers

Population

2,4242,307

Median household income

$72,904$83,614

Median home value

$295,400$455,400

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,572

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Three Rivers
Under 5	8.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	11.3%	2.9%
25 to 34	24.2%	5.8%
35 to 44	6.1%	6.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	21.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	21.2%
65 to 74	5.9%	19.3%
75 and over	6.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Three Rivers
White (non-Hispanic)	5.4%	73.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	11.7%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	82.9%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Three Rivers
No high school diploma	46.9%	2.0%
High school graduate	30.7%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Three Rivers
Drove alone	68.9%	69.6%
Carpooled	29.6%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Three Rivers
1-unit, detached	70.7%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Three Rivers
Poverty rate	27.0%	5.3%
Average household size	3.71	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1972	1980