Photo: Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0Ripley has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Measured by household income, Ripley is behind 84% of U.S. towns. Employers in Ripley report 383 jobs, and 720 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Ripley are D for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Ripley, in a few figures
Commutes from Ripley are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Ripley than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Ripley fell from 686 in 2013 to 383 in 2023, −44%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 720 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Ripley’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Ripley is better than 7% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Ripley’s grade up (15.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: Ripley’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ripley could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Ripley’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ripley workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 817 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Jobs in Ripley: what the 383 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ripley, 2013 → 2023: 686 → 383. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ripley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Ripley
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In and out of Ripley on a workday
On a workday 630 residents head out to work, 90 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Ripley on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
9% of working residents work in Mina
Where Ripley clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Driving is how Ripley gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ripley is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 878 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.5% of Ripley households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ripley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,102 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000, Ripley comes 4,573rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 9 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,571 | Whiskey Run Township IN | 1,963 | $59K | 22.2% | 3.7% | 5% | D |
| 4,572 | Hartland ME | 1,890 | $46K | 16.0% | 3.9% | 7% | D |
| 4,573 | Ripley NY | 2,255 | $53K | 15.0% | 4.0% | 12% | D |
| 4,574 | Lawrence Township OH | 2,245 | $66K | 26.6% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,575 | Cherryvale SC | 2,611 | $40K | 23.0% | 26.7% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ripley, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 23% of Ripley’s workers
The biggest share goes to Mina (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Ripley’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ripley: questions
What is the median household income in Ripley?
$52,591 (±$8,248) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ripley?
15.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ripley?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ripley work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mina (9%, 8 mi), North East Township (8%, 6 mi), North East (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ripley walkable?
Ripley is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ripley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ripley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ripley
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.