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RiponCA

Ripon, CA is a 15K-resident city in San Joaquin County with a median household income of $133,380.

San Joaquin County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Ripon, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Ripon has a population larger than 28% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $704,800.

Data updated 2026-09-04

15K
Population (place)
Bottom 29%
By size
$133,380
Median income (place)
$704,800
Median home (place)
5.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Ripon

Ripon posts a median household income higher than 88% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 12%
by median income, US cities

Where Ripon income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$133,380 Top 12% higher than 88% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Ripon $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Ripon, CA beyond the headline numbers

Ripon sits inside San Joaquin County, California, at roughly 37.74°N, -121.12°W. Population 15,151, $133,380 median household income. Median home value $704,800, median rent $1,851. Poverty rate 5.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Hardship is low by national standards: 5.4% of Ripon, CA residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Ripon costs around 5.3 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Remote work covers 9.3% of Ripon workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Ripon from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
15,151
Ripon · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$133,380
+49% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$704,800
+70% vs avg
Median Age (place)
40.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (San Joaquin County): Ripon's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
797K+15%
Median Income
$92,179+73%
Median Home Value
$530,700+155%
Poverty Rate
12.4%-32%
Unemployment
7.6%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Ripon, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,851/mo
Poverty Rate
5.4% -56% vs avg
Unemployment 2.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 29.4%
Work From Home 9.3%
Public Transit 0.8%

Population

White 70.1%
African American 1.6%
Asian 5.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
35.4%
High Blood Pressure
30.2%
Obesity
29.7%
Physical Inactivity
20.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.2%
Binge Drinking
16%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.3%
Current Smoking
11.6%
Current Asthma
10.2%
Diabetes
10.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 65.3%
Annual Checkup 72.4%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.8%
Stroke
3.2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Ripon?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Ripon right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-RIPON · Ripon

Ripon: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Ripon; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Ripon, CA? ▼
Ripon, CA has a population of 15,151 people, located in San Joaquin County, California.
What is the median household income in Ripon? ▼
The median household income in Ripon, CA is $133,380 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 5.4%.
What is the median home value in Ripon? ▼
The median home value in Ripon, CA is $704,800. Median rent is $1,851/month.
What are the top health concerns in Ripon? ▼
The top health indicators in Ripon include Short Sleep Duration (35.4%), High Blood Pressure (30.2%), Obesity (29.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Ripon? ▼
The median age in Ripon, CA is 40.1 years. 29.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Ripon, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (5.4% here).

League City, TX 5.4% O'Fallon, MO 5.4% Troy, MI 5.4% Novi, MI 5.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($133,380 here).

Parker, CO $133,369 Syracuse, UT $133,443 Bartlett, IL $133,240 Valley Stream, NY $133,190

Compare Ripon with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Salida, CA 14K Manteca, CA 75K Modesto, CA 211K Lathrop, CA 21K Riverbank, CA 24K Ceres, CA 48K Garden Acres, CA 11K Patterson, CA 21K
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Using Ripon's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Ripon area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (San Joaquin County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.