Mesa Verde vs Ripley

A side-by-side comparison of Mesa Verde and Ripley: population, income, housing, and more.

Mesa Verde and Ripley are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mesa Verde has the higher population (1,025 vs 600 in Ripley). Mesa Verde has the higher median household income ($48,523 vs $27,957 in Ripley). Since 2019, Ripley's population has grown faster (+35.1% vs +12.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Mesa Verde	Ripley
Population	1,025	600
Median age	26.0 yrs	28.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,523	$27,957
Median home value	$102,700	—
Median gross rent	$1,074	$581
Housing units	324	266
Homeownership rate	63.4%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	21.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mesa Verde	Ripley
Population	913 → 1,025 (+12.3%)	444 → 600 (+35.1%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $48,523 (+14.2%)	$21,103 → $27,957 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$70,600 → $102,700 (+45.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$983 → $1,074 (+9.3%)	$504 → $581 (+15.3%)

Mesa Verde

Population

9131,025

Median household income

$42,500$48,523

Median home value

$70,600$102,700

Median gross rent

$983$1,074

Ripley

Population

444600

Median household income

$21,103$27,957

Median gross rent

$504$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mesa Verde	Ripley
Under 5	15.4%	9.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	30.7%
18 to 24	10.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	1.2%
45 to 54	15.4%	7.2%
55 to 64	4.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	2.1%	13.8%
75 and over	4.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mesa Verde	Ripley
White (non-Hispanic)	17.0%	3.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	24.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	78.3%	72.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mesa Verde	Ripley
No high school diploma	28.1%	70.1%
High school graduate	56.3%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mesa Verde	Ripley
Drove alone	78.9%	98.5%
Carpooled	18.5%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mesa Verde	Ripley
1-unit, detached	34.3%	34.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	65.7%	33.1%

Poverty & households

	Mesa Verde	Ripley
Poverty rate	22.6%	39.8%
Average household size	3.57	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	23	14
Median year structure built	1976	1969