Old Ripley vs Pocahontas

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

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

Pocahontas has the higher population (794 vs 87 in Old Ripley). Pocahontas has the higher median household income ($48,250 vs $43,750 in Old Ripley). Pocahontas has the higher median home value ($91,200 vs $68,000 in Old Ripley).

Population, income & housing

	Old Ripley	Pocahontas
Population	87	794
Median age	29.8 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$48,250
Median home value	$68,000	$91,200
Median gross rent	—	$750
Housing units	36	319
Homeownership rate	91.4%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	58.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Ripley	Pocahontas
Population	95 → 87 (-8.4%)	729 → 794 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $43,750 (-24.5%)	$48,250 → $48,250 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $68,000 (+25.5%)	$84,800 → $91,200 (+7.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$744 → $750 (+0.8%)

Old Ripley

Population

9587

Median household income

$57,917$43,750

Median home value

$54,200$68,000

Pocahontas

Population

729794

Median household income

$48,250$48,250

Median home value

$84,800$91,200

Median gross rent

$744$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Old Ripley	Pocahontas
Under 5	8.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	24.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	1.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	1.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	16.1%	20.9%
65 to 74	18.4%	12.1%
75 and over	4.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Ripley	Pocahontas
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Ripley	Pocahontas
No high school diploma	15.8%	16.7%
High school graduate	38.6%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Ripley	Pocahontas
Drove alone	76.9%	74.5%
Carpooled	23.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Ripley	Pocahontas
1-unit, detached	94.4%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Old Ripley	Pocahontas
Poverty rate	13.8%	12.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1950	1962