Georgetown vs Ripley

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

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

Georgetown has the higher population (4,147 vs 1,626 in Ripley). Ripley has the higher median household income ($45,652 vs $40,283 in Georgetown). Ripley has the higher median home value ($109,100 vs $108,900 in Georgetown).

Population, income & housing

	Georgetown	Ripley
Population	4,147	1,626
Median age	46.0 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,283	$45,652
Median home value	$108,900	$109,100
Median gross rent	$710	$733
Housing units	2,108	933
Homeownership rate	56.9%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Georgetown	Ripley
Population	4,773 → 4,147 (-13.1%)	1,737 → 1,626 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$33,711 → $40,283 (+19.5%)	$34,358 → $45,652 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $108,900 (-7.2%)	$83,600 → $109,100 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $710 (+14.9%)	$602 → $733 (+21.8%)

Georgetown

Population

4,7734,147

Median household income

$33,711$40,283

Median home value

$117,400$108,900

Median gross rent

$618$710

Ripley

Population

1,7371,626

Median household income

$34,358$45,652

Median home value

$83,600$109,100

Median gross rent

$602$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Georgetown	Ripley
Under 5	2.6%	9.4%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.3%	8.3%
65 to 74	14.8%	10.9%
75 and over	14.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Georgetown	Ripley
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	80.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	14.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Georgetown	Ripley
No high school diploma	15.8%	18.1%
High school graduate	43.8%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Georgetown	Ripley
Drove alone	86.0%	85.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Georgetown	Ripley
1-unit, detached	67.0%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Georgetown	Ripley
Poverty rate	33.3%	26.3%
Average household size	1.99	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1962	1948