Cushing vs Ripley

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

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

Cushing has the higher population (8,336 vs 271 in Ripley). Cushing has the higher median household income ($44,282 vs $38,750 in Ripley). Cushing has the higher median home value ($112,100 vs $60,000 in Ripley).

Population, income & housing

	Cushing	Ripley
Population	8,336	271
Median age	35.4 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,282	$38,750
Median home value	$112,100	$60,000
Median gross rent	$772	$717
Housing units	3,721	139
Homeownership rate	51.9%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cushing	Ripley
Population	7,746 → 8,336 (+7.6%)	287 → 271 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$42,106 → $44,282 (+5.2%)	$46,875 → $38,750 (-17.3%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $112,100 (+31.0%)	$56,300 → $60,000 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $772 (+14.5%)	$635 → $717 (+12.9%)

Cushing

Population

7,7468,336

Median household income

$42,106$44,282

Median home value

$85,600$112,100

Median gross rent

$674$772

Ripley

Population

287271

Median household income

$46,875$38,750

Median home value

$56,300$60,000

Median gross rent

$635$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cushing	Ripley
Under 5	6.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	7.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	7.0%
65 to 74	7.5%	22.9%
75 and over	7.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cushing	Ripley
White (non-Hispanic)	71.6%	85.2%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.8%	3.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cushing	Ripley
No high school diploma	12.2%	11.1%
High school graduate	47.3%	59.3%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cushing	Ripley
Drove alone	77.8%	82.5%
Carpooled	15.3%	8.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	2.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cushing	Ripley
1-unit, detached	82.4%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Cushing	Ripley
Poverty rate	24.7%	15.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1959	1967