Rocky Ripple vs Southport

A side-by-side comparison of Rocky Ripple and Southport: population, income, housing, and more.

Rocky Ripple and Southport are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Southport has the higher population (2,036 vs 611 in Rocky Ripple). Southport has the higher median household income ($69,148 vs $64,911 in Rocky Ripple). Southport has the higher median home value ($186,500 vs $181,500 in Rocky Ripple).

Population, income & housing

	Rocky Ripple	Southport
Population	611	2,036
Median age	44.3 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,911	$69,148
Median home value	$181,500	$186,500
Median gross rent	$1,335	$1,081
Housing units	320	838
Homeownership rate	78.1%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rocky Ripple	Southport
Population	647 → 611 (-5.6%)	1,909 → 2,036 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $64,911 (+16.7%)	$54,630 → $69,148 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$135,800 → $181,500 (+33.7%)	$134,700 → $186,500 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,071 → $1,335 (+24.6%)	$1,006 → $1,081 (+7.5%)

Rocky Ripple

Population

647611

Median household income

$55,625$64,911

Median home value

$135,800$181,500

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,335

Southport

Population

1,9092,036

Median household income

$54,630$69,148

Median home value

$134,700$186,500

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rocky Ripple	Southport
Under 5	2.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	19.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	14.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	17.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.1%
75 and over	6.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rocky Ripple	Southport
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	63.0%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	31.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rocky Ripple	Southport
No high school diploma	3.5%	20.7%
High school graduate	21.2%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rocky Ripple	Southport
Drove alone	75.5%	72.3%
Carpooled	1.5%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	4.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rocky Ripple	Southport
1-unit, detached	97.5%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Rocky Ripple	Southport
Poverty rate	11.0%	11.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1951	1963