Halls vs Ripley

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

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

Ripley has the higher population (7,718 vs 1,984 in Halls). Halls has the higher median household income ($40,735 vs $39,047 in Ripley). Ripley has the higher median home value ($152,200 vs $100,200 in Halls).

Population, income & housing

	Halls	Ripley
Population	1,984	7,718
Median age	39.1 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,735	$39,047
Median home value	$100,200	$152,200
Median gross rent	$818	$745
Housing units	1,079	3,377
Homeownership rate	49.4%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halls	Ripley
Population	2,182 → 1,984 (-9.1%)	7,947 → 7,718 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$38,420 → $40,735 (+6.0%)	$33,533 → $39,047 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$59,600 → $100,200 (+68.1%)	$86,700 → $152,200 (+75.5%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $818 (+20.3%)	$696 → $745 (+7.0%)

Halls

Population

2,1821,984

Median household income

$38,420$40,735

Median home value

$59,600$100,200

Median gross rent

$680$818

Ripley

Population

7,9477,718

Median household income

$33,533$39,047

Median home value

$86,700$152,200

Median gross rent

$696$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halls	Ripley
Under 5	4.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	12.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.7%
75 and over	8.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halls	Ripley
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	38.7%
Black or African American	25.1%	54.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halls	Ripley
No high school diploma	17.0%	17.7%
High school graduate	49.7%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halls	Ripley
Drove alone	84.4%	77.4%
Carpooled	13.0%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halls	Ripley
1-unit, detached	80.9%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Halls	Ripley
Poverty rate	18.2%	28.7%
Average household size	2.10	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1968	1976