Old Ripley vs Pierron

A side-by-side comparison of Old Ripley and Pierron: population, income, housing, and more.

Old Ripley and Pierron are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pierron has the higher population (378 vs 87 in Old Ripley). Pierron has the higher median household income ($62,750 vs $43,750 in Old Ripley). Pierron has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $68,000 in Old Ripley).

Population, income & housing

	Old Ripley	Pierron
Population	87	378
Median age	29.8 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$62,750
Median home value	$68,000	$103,400
Median gross rent	—	$992
Housing units	36	190
Homeownership rate	91.4%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	58.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Ripley	Pierron
Population	95 → 87 (-8.4%)	412 → 378 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $43,750 (-24.5%)	$64,286 → $62,750 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $68,000 (+25.5%)	$78,100 → $103,400 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$690 → $992 (+43.8%)

Old Ripley

Population

9587

Median household income

$57,917$43,750

Median home value

$54,200$68,000

Pierron

Population

412378

Median household income

$64,286$62,750

Median home value

$78,100$103,400

Median gross rent

$690$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Old Ripley	Pierron
Under 5	8.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	24.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	1.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	1.1%	5.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	18.4%	28.6%
75 and over	4.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Ripley	Pierron
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Ripley	Pierron
No high school diploma	15.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	38.6%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Ripley	Pierron
Drove alone	76.9%	88.5%
Carpooled	23.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Ripley	Pierron
1-unit, detached	94.4%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Old Ripley	Pierron
Poverty rate	13.8%	25.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1950	1970