Old Ripley vs Smithboro

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

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

Smithboro has the higher population (171 vs 87 in Old Ripley). Old Ripley has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $27,500 in Smithboro). Smithboro has the higher median home value ($70,000 vs $68,000 in Old Ripley).

Population, income & housing

	Old Ripley	Smithboro
Population	87	171
Median age	29.8 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$27,500
Median home value	$68,000	$70,000
Housing units	36	88
Homeownership rate	91.4%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	58.3%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Ripley	Smithboro
Population	95 → 87 (-8.4%)	216 → 171 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $43,750 (-24.5%)	$50,625 → $27,500 (-45.7%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $68,000 (+25.5%)	$65,000 → $70,000 (+7.7%)

Old Ripley

Population

9587

Median household income

$57,917$43,750

Median home value

$54,200$68,000

Smithboro

Population

216171

Median household income

$50,625$27,500

Median home value

$65,000$70,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Old Ripley	Smithboro
Under 5	8.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	14.6%
25 to 34	24.1%	18.7%
35 to 44	1.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	1.1%	2.3%
55 to 64	16.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	18.4%	6.4%
75 and over	4.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Ripley	Smithboro
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
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	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Ripley	Smithboro
No high school diploma	15.8%	19.0%
High school graduate	38.6%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Ripley	Smithboro
Drove alone	76.9%	82.5%
Carpooled	23.1%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Ripley	Smithboro
1-unit, detached	94.4%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Old Ripley	Smithboro
Poverty rate	13.8%	42.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1950	1964