Henning vs Ripley

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

Henning 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 1,259 in Henning). Henning has the higher median household income ($43,616 vs $39,047 in Ripley). Ripley has the higher median home value ($152,200 vs $75,000 in Henning).

Population, income & housing

	Henning	Ripley
Population	1,259	7,718
Median age	40.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,616	$39,047
Median home value	$75,000	$152,200
Median gross rent	$688	$745
Housing units	617	3,377
Homeownership rate	67.0%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	15.0%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henning	Ripley
Population	1,002 → 1,259 (+25.6%)	7,947 → 7,718 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$24,694 → $43,616 (+76.6%)	$33,533 → $39,047 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $75,000 (+10.6%)	$86,700 → $152,200 (+75.5%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $688 (+26.7%)	$696 → $745 (+7.0%)

Henning

Population

1,0021,259

Median household income

$24,694$43,616

Median home value

$67,800$75,000

Median gross rent

$543$688

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)

	Henning	Ripley
Under 5	5.6%	7.9%
5 to 17	21.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	12.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.7%
75 and over	8.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henning	Ripley
White (non-Hispanic)	10.1%	38.7%
Black or African American	83.2%	54.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.5%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henning	Ripley
No high school diploma	24.9%	17.7%
High school graduate	39.7%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henning	Ripley
Drove alone	87.7%	77.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	16.8%
Public transit	1.7%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.1%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henning	Ripley
1-unit, detached	67.9%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Henning	Ripley
Poverty rate	31.6%	28.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1980	1976