Old Ripley vs Sorento

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

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

Sorento has the higher population (503 vs 87 in Old Ripley). Sorento has the higher median household income ($48,333 vs $43,750 in Old Ripley). Old Ripley has the higher median home value ($68,000 vs $52,900 in Sorento).

Population, income & housing

	Old Ripley	Sorento
Population	87	503
Median age	29.8 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$48,333
Median home value	$68,000	$52,900
Median gross rent	—	$617
Housing units	36	242
Homeownership rate	91.4%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	58.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Ripley	Sorento
Population	95 → 87 (-8.4%)	443 → 503 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $43,750 (-24.5%)	$32,273 → $48,333 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $68,000 (+25.5%)	$42,800 → $52,900 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$614 → $617 (+0.5%)

Old Ripley

Population

9587

Median household income

$57,917$43,750

Median home value

$54,200$68,000

Sorento

Population

443503

Median household income

$32,273$48,333

Median home value

$42,800$52,900

Median gross rent

$614$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Old Ripley	Sorento
Under 5	8.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	14.1%
25 to 34	24.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	1.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	1.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	18.4%	9.5%
75 and over	4.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Ripley	Sorento
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Ripley	Sorento
No high school diploma	15.8%	9.9%
High school graduate	38.6%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Ripley	Sorento
Drove alone	76.9%	87.6%
Carpooled	23.1%	11.8%
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%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Ripley	Sorento
1-unit, detached	94.4%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Old Ripley	Sorento
Poverty rate	13.8%	19.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1950	1943