Lake Lorelei vs Ripley

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

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

Ripley has the higher population (1,626 vs 1,497 in Lake Lorelei). Lake Lorelei has the higher median household income ($109,427 vs $45,652 in Ripley). Lake Lorelei has the higher median home value ($267,800 vs $109,100 in Ripley).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Lorelei	Ripley
Population	1,497	1,626
Median age	49.6 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$109,427	$45,652
Median home value	$267,800	$109,100
Median gross rent	—	$733
Housing units	770	933
Homeownership rate	94.7%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Lorelei	Ripley
Population	1,396 → 1,497 (+7.2%)	1,737 → 1,626 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $109,427 (+63.6%)	$34,358 → $45,652 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$171,100 → $267,800 (+56.5%)	$83,600 → $109,100 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$602 → $733 (+21.8%)

Lake Lorelei

Population

1,3961,497

Median household income

$66,875$109,427

Median home value

$171,100$267,800

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)

	Lake Lorelei	Ripley
Under 5	3.5%	9.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	5.5%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	24.4%	8.3%
65 to 74	15.2%	10.9%
75 and over	5.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Lorelei	Ripley
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	14.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Lorelei	Ripley
No high school diploma	4.7%	18.1%
High school graduate	50.2%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Lorelei	Ripley
Drove alone	78.5%	85.9%
Carpooled	2.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	4.2%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Lorelei	Ripley
1-unit, detached	99.0%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Lorelei	Ripley
Poverty rate	0.5%	26.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	37	33
Median year structure built	1992	1948