It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ripley has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ripley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ripley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ripley may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Ripley doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Ripley is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.89% of adults 25 and older in Ripley have a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
