Mount Orab vs Ripley

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

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

Mount Orab has the higher population (4,765 vs 1,626 in Ripley). Mount Orab has the higher median household income ($57,027 vs $45,652 in Ripley). Mount Orab has the higher median home value ($220,800 vs $109,100 in Ripley).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Orab	Ripley
Population	4,765	1,626
Median age	29.8 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,027	$45,652
Median home value	$220,800	$109,100
Median gross rent	$835	$733
Housing units	1,813	933
Homeownership rate	54.6%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Orab	Ripley
Population	4,180 → 4,765 (+14.0%)	1,737 → 1,626 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$73,040 → $57,027 (-21.9%)	$34,358 → $45,652 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$160,600 → $220,800 (+37.5%)	$83,600 → $109,100 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $835 (+6.8%)	$602 → $733 (+21.8%)

Mount Orab

Population

4,1804,765

Median household income

$73,040$57,027

Median home value

$160,600$220,800

Median gross rent

$782$835

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)

	Mount Orab	Ripley
Under 5	11.9%	9.4%
5 to 17	21.6%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	8.3%
65 to 74	3.5%	10.9%
75 and over	5.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Orab	Ripley
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	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	1.5%	14.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Orab	Ripley
No high school diploma	18.2%	18.1%
High school graduate	47.9%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Orab	Ripley
Drove alone	83.7%	85.9%
Carpooled	11.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Orab	Ripley
1-unit, detached	62.9%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	7.2%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Mount Orab	Ripley
Poverty rate	30.9%	26.3%
Average household size	2.70	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1990	1948