Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The best of Ripley Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and history; the weakest is a C for walkability. Its National Register listings include Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse and Maurice W. Manche Farmstead. Ripley Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Ripley Township beats most towns.
Where Ripley Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Ripley Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,174 in 1890, 2,035 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2011 and 2 maps from 1960 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ripley Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Ripley Township.
Half the trips to work are shorter than 22 miles. Among working residents in Ripley Township, 1.7% work locally. The income of the median household for Ripley Township comes to $66,000, against $71,000 in Indiana’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. The top destinations are Indianapolis (14%), Greenfield (10%) and Rushville (9%).
| Ripley Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 37 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The share of adults in Ripley Township who say their health is fair or poor: 22%. Ripley Township: 18% of adults smoke cigarettes, above both Indiana’s towns (17%) and U.S. towns (14%). Just over a quarter of adults locally have been diagnosed with depression; 39% have high blood pressure.
| Ripley Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Ripley Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 8.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.7% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A winter brings about 20 inches of snow, with January nights at 20° and July afternoons at 84°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
College graduates make up a quarter of adults 25 and older, against 30% across Indiana. Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (37% statewide). Ripley Township’s age of the median resident stands at 42.6 years.
| Ripley Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 42.6 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 22% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 18% | 18% |
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.2 points). Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Ripley Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.6% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.4% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.7% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.8% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.5% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.5% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.7% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.4% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.5% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 2.7% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
FEMA puts 53% of Ripley Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 24% to tornadoes. Since 2013, one flood insurance claim has been paid locally. Its risk rating from FEMA comes in at 44 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Trails total 1.2 miles in 1 park or preserve. Parks and preserves in Ripley Township: one, of 2 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jet Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Ripley Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Ripley Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
3 places in Ripley Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Indiana, United States
Ripley Township is one of twelve townships in Rush County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,035 and it contained 891 housing units.
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5 towns share a border with Ripley Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ripley Township | — | — | A | — | B | C |
| Center Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Blue River Township | — | — | B | — | A− | B− |
| Wayne Township | #497 | C | B | — | B | D |
| Posey Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | C− |
| Jackson Township | — | — | A | — | A− | B− |
Ripley Township, Blue River Township, Posey Township and Jackson Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Ripley Township, Blue River Township, Wayne Township, Posey Township and Jackson Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Center Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Ripley Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
