Pearisburg vs Ripplemead

A side-by-side comparison of Pearisburg and Ripplemead: population, income, housing, and more.

Pearisburg and Ripplemead are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pearisburg has the higher population (2,864 vs 347 in Ripplemead). Ripplemead has the higher median household income ($77,218 vs $72,924 in Pearisburg). Pearisburg has the higher median home value ($160,200 vs $121,200 in Ripplemead).

Population, income & housing

	Pearisburg	Ripplemead
Population	2,864	347
Median age	48.3 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,924	$77,218
Median home value	$160,200	$121,200
Median gross rent	$815	—
Housing units	1,418	178
Homeownership rate	70.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pearisburg	Ripplemead
Population	2,652 → 2,864 (+8.0%)	571 → 347 (-39.2%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $72,924 (+21.5%)	$71,289 → $77,218 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $160,200 (+33.8%)	$133,800 → $121,200 (-9.4%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $815 (+9.7%)	—

Pearisburg

Population

2,6522,864

Median household income

$60,000$72,924

Median home value

$119,700$160,200

Median gross rent

$743$815

Ripplemead

Population

571347

Median household income

$71,289$77,218

Median home value

$133,800$121,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pearisburg	Ripplemead
Under 5	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	15.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	45.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	15.9%
75 and over	10.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pearisburg	Ripplemead
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	8.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pearisburg	Ripplemead
No high school diploma	4.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	49.9%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pearisburg	Ripplemead
Drove alone	88.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pearisburg	Ripplemead
1-unit, detached	62.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pearisburg	Ripplemead
Poverty rate	11.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	69
Median year structure built	1963	1969