Mount Sterling vs Ripley

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Sterling and Ripley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Sterling has the higher population (1,949 vs 71 in Ripley). Mount Sterling has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $43,000 in Ripley). Since 2019, Ripley's population has grown faster (+34.0% vs -11.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Sterling	Ripley
Population	1,949	71
Median age	36.7 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,922	—
Median home value	$118,100	$43,000
Median gross rent	$712	$763
Housing units	952	46
Homeownership rate	53.8%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	27.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Sterling	Ripley
Population	2,189 → 1,949 (-11.0%)	53 → 71 (+34.0%)
Median household income	$55,583 → $63,922 (+15.0%)	$26,250 → $45,417 (+73.0%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $118,100 (+37.6%)	$29,300 → $43,000 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $712 (+15.0%)	$488 → $763 (+56.4%)

Mount Sterling

Population

2,1891,949

Median household income

$55,583$63,922

Median home value

$85,800$118,100

Median gross rent

$619$712

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)

	Mount Sterling	Ripley
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	11.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	11.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	2.8%
45 to 54	8.2%	16.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	19.7%
65 to 74	5.6%	22.5%
75 and over	11.4%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Sterling	Ripley
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	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	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Sterling	Ripley
No high school diploma	13.2%	34.5%
High school graduate	36.4%	58.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	7.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Sterling	Ripley
Drove alone	78.0%	88.5%
Carpooled	11.7%	11.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Sterling	Ripley
1-unit, detached	70.3%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	43.5%

Poverty & households

	Mount Sterling	Ripley
Poverty rate	11.9%	18.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	13	16
Median year structure built	1967	1955