Three Rivers vs Tipton

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

Three Rivers 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 2,307 in Three Rivers). Three Rivers has the higher median household income ($83,614 vs $51,389 in Tipton). Three Rivers has the higher median home value ($455,400 vs $245,500 in Tipton).

Population, income & housing

	Three Rivers	Tipton
Population	2,307	2,989
Median age	53.9 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,614	$51,389
Median home value	$455,400	$245,500
Median gross rent	$1,572	$1,205
Housing units	1,502	785
Homeownership rate	66.8%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Three Rivers	Tipton
Population	2,424 → 2,307 (-4.8%)	3,238 → 2,989 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$72,904 → $83,614 (+14.7%)	$33,894 → $51,389 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$295,400 → $455,400 (+54.2%)	$141,800 → $245,500 (+73.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,305 → $1,572 (+20.5%)	$923 → $1,205 (+30.6%)

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

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)

	Three Rivers	Tipton
Under 5	2.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	14.5%	31.6%
18 to 24	2.9%	13.9%
25 to 34	5.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	6.0%	17.1%
45 to 54	21.4%	16.6%
55 to 64	21.2%	3.9%
65 to 74	19.3%	3.2%
75 and over	6.9%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Three Rivers	Tipton
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	6.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	93.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Three Rivers	Tipton
No high school diploma	2.0%	61.8%
High school graduate	15.9%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.6%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Three Rivers	Tipton
Drove alone	69.6%	85.3%
Carpooled	10.8%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Three Rivers	Tipton
1-unit, detached	86.7%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	2.9%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Three Rivers	Tipton
Poverty rate	5.3%	27.1%
Average household size	1.96	4.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1980	1980