Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Ripley has lower household incomes than 89% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 23.9% of residents; Ohio has 13.3%. The two grades for Ripley are D− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 5% of workers have no commute at all; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ripley at work: what stands out
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Ripley
On income, poverty and job access, Ripley is better than 2% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Ripley’s grade.
Unemployment (12.7%) is left out: Ripley’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ripley stays D−.
Time on the road from Ripley: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ripley workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 619 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many people are in Ripley by day
On a workday 612 residents head out to work, 61 work right here, and 315 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Ripley on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.56 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Georgetown
Where Ripley clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
What the 376 jobs in Ripley are
376 jobs are based in Ripley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ripley, 2013 → 2023: 451 → 376. 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.
How far it is to work from Ripley
About 22% 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.
For most of Ripley, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ripley is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Ripley near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 651 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). 9.8% of Ripley households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ripley’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Ripley compares with U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 26 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,890 | Horton KS | 1,460 | $41K | 22.4% | 5.9% | 16% | D− |
| 5,891 | Cloverport KY | 1,153 | $37K | 32.1% | 13.4% | 3% | D− |
| 5,892 | Ripley OH | 1,597 | $49K | 23.9% | 12.7% | 9% | D− |
| 5,893 | McCormick SC | 2,010 | $41K | 26.6% | 1.7% | 5% | D− |
| 5,894 | Lost Hills CA | 1,926 | $46K | 24.2% | 5.8% | 8% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Ohio.
Work next door: 10% of Ripley’s workers
The biggest share goes to Maysville (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ripley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ripley | – | D− | C+ | 32 min | $49,006 |
| Union Township | 2% | D− | B | 34 min | $52,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$49,006 (±$3,177) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ripley?
23.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ripley?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ripley work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Georgetown (10%, 10 mi), Maysville (8%, 6 mi), Cincinnati (7%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ripley walkable?
Ripley is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ripley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% 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.