Ripon vs St. Peter

A side-by-side comparison of Ripon and St. Peter: population, income, housing, and more.

Ripon and St. Peter are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ripon has the higher population (7,803 vs 1,403 in St. Peter). St. Peter has the higher median household income ($153,400 vs $59,063 in Ripon). St. Peter has the higher median home value ($339,600 vs $161,500 in Ripon).

Population, income & housing

	Ripon	St. Peter
Population	7,803	1,403
Median age	43.3 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,063	$153,400
Median home value	$161,500	$339,600
Median gross rent	$708	—
Housing units	3,470	530
Homeownership rate	63.4%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ripon	St. Peter
Population	7,781 → 7,803 (+0.3%)	1,434 → 1,403 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$51,686 → $59,063 (+14.3%)	$93,816 → $153,400 (+63.5%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $161,500 (+31.5%)	$230,000 → $339,600 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $708 (-0.3%)	—

Ripon

Population

7,7817,803

Median household income

$51,686$59,063

Median home value

$122,800$161,500

Median gross rent

$710$708

St. Peter

Population

1,4341,403

Median household income

$93,816$153,400

Median home value

$230,000$339,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ripon	St. Peter
Under 5	3.4%	8.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	20.1%
18 to 24	14.1%	2.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	5.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	21.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	15.7%	11.4%
75 and over	8.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ripon	St. Peter
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ripon	St. Peter
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	40.4%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ripon	St. Peter
Drove alone	72.8%	84.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	11.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ripon	St. Peter
1-unit, detached	63.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ripon	St. Peter
Poverty rate	10.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.02	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1966	1992