Ravenswood vs Ripley

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

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

Ravenswood has the higher population (3,846 vs 3,066 in Ripley). Ravenswood has the higher median household income ($45,392 vs $35,120 in Ripley). Ripley has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $99,600 in Ravenswood).

Population, income & housing

	Ravenswood	Ripley
Population	3,846	3,066
Median age	40.1 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,392	$35,120
Median home value	$99,600	$119,300
Median gross rent	$969	$569
Housing units	1,634	1,659
Homeownership rate	69.5%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ravenswood	Ripley
Population	3,716 → 3,846 (+3.5%)	3,183 → 3,066 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$40,484 → $45,392 (+12.1%)	$33,000 → $35,120 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$93,400 → $99,600 (+6.6%)	$117,800 → $119,300 (+1.3%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $969 (+12.2%)	$551 → $569 (+3.3%)

Ravenswood

Population

3,7163,846

Median household income

$40,484$45,392

Median home value

$93,400$99,600

Median gross rent

$864$969

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)

	Ravenswood	Ripley
Under 5	10.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.1%	10.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	3.4%
25 to 34	8.8%	18.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	18.4%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.2%
75 and over	9.2%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ravenswood	Ripley
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ravenswood	Ripley
No high school diploma	9.1%	15.5%
High school graduate	31.2%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ravenswood	Ripley
Drove alone	69.5%	79.2%
Carpooled	3.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	14.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ravenswood	Ripley
1-unit, detached	69.6%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	19.4%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	7.5%
20 or more units	2.5%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Ravenswood	Ripley
Poverty rate	29.6%	28.3%
Average household size	2.54	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1965	1975