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Ripley, WV

3,071 Population
3.2 square miles 952.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±10.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Jackson County: 43.4 ±0.8
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,309 ±$7,006 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $34,967 ±$3,041
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,518 ±$14,399 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jackson County: $58,845 † ±$8,665
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.1% ±13% (804  ±384) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 18.5% † 5,073 (±3% / ±837)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.7 minutes ±6.1 (28,340  ±10,593) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 28.6 266,110 (±1.7 / ±26,235)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,485 ±216 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 11,515 ±295
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.3 (2,966  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 2.4 27,539 (±0.1 / ±3)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,644 ±221 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 12,867 ±37
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$121,800 ±$23,343 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jackson County: $157,200 ±$7,880
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.6% ±5.1% (201  ±156) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 7.2% † 1,957 (±1.9% / ±528.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.3% ±14.3% (2,056  ±404.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jackson County: 89.6% 17,724 (±5% / ±1,003.9)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.4% ±9.5% (558  ±232.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 19.6% † 3,877 (±2.5% / ±489)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.4% ±1.3% (42  ±40) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jackson County: 2.1% 574
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.9% ±5.2% (225  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 8.8% † 1,911 (±1.2% / ±259)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
225 Total veterans ±132 208 Male ±132 17 Female ±29

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