Fort Ripley vs Manhattan Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Ripley and Manhattan Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Ripley and Manhattan Beach are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Ripley has the higher population (63 vs 25 in Manhattan Beach). Manhattan Beach has the higher median household income ($66,563 vs $53,542 in Fort Ripley). Since 2019, Fort Ripley's population has grown faster (+40.0% vs -65.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Ripley	Manhattan Beach
Population	63	25
Median age	59.5 yrs	63.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,542	$66,563
Median home value	$218,800	—
Housing units	31	63
Homeownership rate	90.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Ripley	Manhattan Beach
Population	45 → 63 (+40.0%)	73 → 25 (-65.8%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $53,542 (-13.5%)	$31,563 → $66,563 (+110.9%)
Median home value	$178,100 → $218,800 (+22.9%)	$231,300 → $275,000 (+18.9%)

Fort Ripley

Population

4563

Median household income

$61,875$53,542

Median home value

$178,100$218,800

Manhattan Beach

Population

7325

Median household income

$31,563$66,563

Median home value

$231,300$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Ripley	Manhattan Beach
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	4.0%
18 to 24	1.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	4.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	16.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	36.0%
65 to 74	34.9%	16.0%
75 and over	7.9%	24.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Ripley	Manhattan Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Ripley	Manhattan Beach
No high school diploma	1.8%	4.2%
High school graduate	60.0%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Ripley	Manhattan Beach
Drove alone	77.8%	66.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	33.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Ripley	Manhattan Beach
1-unit, detached	100.0%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Ripley	Manhattan Beach
Poverty rate	4.8%	8.0%
Average household size	2.03	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	20	37
Median year structure built	1985	1990