Mound Station vs Ripley

A side-by-side comparison of Mound Station and Ripley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mound Station has the higher population (151 vs 71 in Ripley). Mound Station has the higher median home value ($111,800 vs $43,000 in Ripley). Since 2019, Ripley's population has grown faster (+34.0% vs +8.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Mound Station	Ripley
Population	151	71
Median age	23.9 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,036	—
Median home value	$111,800	$43,000
Median gross rent	—	$763
Housing units	56	46
Homeownership rate	90.9%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	27.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mound Station	Ripley
Population	139 → 151 (+8.6%)	53 → 71 (+34.0%)
Median household income	$75,139 → $83,036 (+10.5%)	$26,250 → $45,417 (+73.0%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $111,800 (+20.0%)	$29,300 → $43,000 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $950 (-2.6%)	$488 → $763 (+56.4%)

Mound Station

Population

139151

Median household income

$75,139$83,036

Median home value

$93,200$111,800

Median gross rent

$975$950

Ripley

Population

5371

Median household income

$26,250$45,417

Median home value

$29,300$43,000

Median gross rent

$488$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mound Station	Ripley
Under 5	11.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	29.1%	11.3%
18 to 24	13.2%	11.3%
25 to 34	3.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	2.8%
45 to 54	21.9%	16.9%
55 to 64	3.3%	19.7%
65 to 74	2.6%	22.5%
75 and over	5.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mound Station	Ripley
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	10.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mound Station	Ripley
No high school diploma	2.9%	34.5%
High school graduate	52.9%	58.2%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	7.3%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mound Station	Ripley
Drove alone	98.4%	88.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mound Station	Ripley
1-unit, detached	87.5%	56.5%
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	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	43.5%

Poverty & households

	Mound Station	Ripley
Poverty rate	11.3%	18.3%
Average household size	2.75	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	14	16
Median year structure built	1953	1955