Blue Mountain vs Ripley

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Mountain and Ripley: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Mountain and Ripley are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ripley has the higher population (5,415 vs 1,452 in Blue Mountain). Blue Mountain has the higher median household income ($57,527 vs $56,641 in Ripley). Ripley has the higher median home value ($132,500 vs $78,600 in Blue Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mountain	Ripley
Population	1,452	5,415
Median age	27.2 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,527	$56,641
Median home value	$78,600	$132,500
Median gross rent	$627	$683
Housing units	436	2,558
Homeownership rate	59.3%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mountain	Ripley
Population	1,107 → 1,452 (+31.2%)	5,290 → 5,415 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$24,375 → $57,527 (+136.0%)	$41,238 → $56,641 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $78,600 (+14.6%)	$116,000 → $132,500 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$419 → $627 (+49.6%)	$599 → $683 (+14.0%)

Blue Mountain

Population

1,1071,452

Median household income

$24,375$57,527

Median home value

$68,600$78,600

Median gross rent

$419$627

Ripley

Population

5,2905,415

Median household income

$41,238$56,641

Median home value

$116,000$132,500

Median gross rent

$599$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mountain	Ripley
Under 5	5.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	10.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	32.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	8.2%
65 to 74	4.4%	11.9%
75 and over	1.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mountain	Ripley
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	60.0%
Black or African American	20.7%	19.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mountain	Ripley
No high school diploma	22.1%	24.1%
High school graduate	48.3%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mountain	Ripley
Drove alone	64.9%	91.9%
Carpooled	22.6%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	0.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mountain	Ripley
1-unit, detached	74.3%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mountain	Ripley
Poverty rate	15.1%	17.5%
Average household size	2.90	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1977	1979