Cottageville vs Ripley

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

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

Ripley has the higher population (3,066 vs 257 in Cottageville). Ripley has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $9,999 in Cottageville). Since 2019, Cottageville's population has grown faster (+277.9% vs -3.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Cottageville	Ripley
Population	257	3,066
Median age	40.3 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$35,120
Median home value	$9,999	$119,300
Median gross rent	—	$569
Housing units	80	1,659
Homeownership rate	75.0%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.1%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottageville	Ripley
Population	68 → 257 (+277.9%)	3,183 → 3,066 (-3.7%)
Median household income	—	$33,000 → $35,120 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)	$117,800 → $119,300 (+1.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$551 → $569 (+3.3%)

Cottageville

Population

68257

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

Ripley

Population

3,1833,066

Median household income

$33,000$35,120

Median home value

$117,800$119,300

Median gross rent

$551$569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottageville	Ripley
Under 5	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	30.4%	10.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	7.0%	18.7%
35 to 44	30.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.9%
65 to 74	1.2%	8.2%
75 and over	6.6%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottageville	Ripley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottageville	Ripley
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	29.1%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	63.1%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottageville	Ripley
Drove alone	89.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	14.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottageville	Ripley
1-unit, detached	61.3%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	38.8%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Cottageville	Ripley
Poverty rate	4.3%	28.3%
Average household size	3.21	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1998	1975