Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Ripley is worth considering.
Ripley is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Ripley citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.89% of adults 25 and older in Ripley have a college degree.
The per capita income in Ripley in 2022 was $26,000, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,000 for a family of four. However, Ripley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ripley is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ripley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ripley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ripley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.80% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ripley include English, Irish, African, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Ripley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
