Poplar-Cotton Center vs Tipton

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

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

Tipton has the higher population (2,989 vs 2,038 in Poplar-Cotton Center). Poplar-Cotton Center has the higher median household income ($51,893 vs $51,389 in Tipton). Tipton has the higher median home value ($245,500 vs $209,100 in Poplar-Cotton Center).

Population, income & housing

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Tipton
Population	2,038	2,989
Median age	30.4 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,893	$51,389
Median home value	$209,100	$245,500
Median gross rent	$977	$1,205
Housing units	607	785
Homeownership rate	48.3%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Tipton
Population	2,259 → 2,038 (-9.8%)	3,238 → 2,989 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$32,550 → $51,893 (+59.4%)	$33,894 → $51,389 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$127,000 → $209,100 (+64.6%)	$141,800 → $245,500 (+73.1%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $977 (+24.3%)	$923 → $1,205 (+30.6%)

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

Tipton

Population

3,2382,989

Median household income

$33,894$51,389

Median home value

$141,800$245,500

Median gross rent

$923$1,205

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Tipton
Under 5	8.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	31.6%
18 to 24	11.3%	13.9%
25 to 34	24.2%	9.2%
35 to 44	6.1%	17.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	16.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	3.9%
65 to 74	5.9%	3.2%
75 and over	6.1%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Tipton
White (non-Hispanic)	5.4%	6.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	93.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Tipton
No high school diploma	46.9%	61.8%
High school graduate	30.7%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Tipton
Drove alone	68.9%	85.3%
Carpooled	29.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Tipton
1-unit, detached	70.7%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Poplar-Cotton Center	Tipton
Poverty rate	27.0%	27.1%
Average household size	3.71	4.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1972	1980