Ripplemead is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Ripplemead, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
Kids under 18: 0 of every 100 people in Ripplemead
Ripplemead has about 294 residents (census survey, 2020–24). A bachelor’s degree or more: 23 in every 100 adults 25 and older. 43 in 100 residents are 65 or older, against 17 across VA.
Median age 64.4 (VA 39).
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older.
The commute averages 91 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Ripplemead says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Ripplemead
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Ripplemead’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Ripplemead or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Ripplemead in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.