Tennessee · Census place 63340
Ripley, TN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Ripley, Tennessee (Ripley, TN — Census place “Ripley city”) is 7,718 residents, ranking #83 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $39,047, the median home is worth $152,200 and median gross rent runs $745 a month. Looking for the Ripley Tennessee ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ripley, TN: 38063.
- Population
- 7,718Ripley city residents
- Median household income
- $39,047Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $152,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $745Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 43.8%Owner-occupied households
Ripley ZIP codes (Tennessee)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ripley.
The Ripley TN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Ripley city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Ripley city median would spend about 22.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 28.7% of residents and 43.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Ripley city, TN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Ripley city is a mid-size town in Tennessee, with 7,718 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #83 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 83% of them. The median age here is 36.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Ripley city earn a median of $39,047 a year, 50.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 30% below the $55,988 median for the 307 Tennessee cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 28.7% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Ripley city is valued at $152,200, 49.8% below the national figure and 20% below the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $745 a month, 47% below the national figure, or roughly $8,940 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 43.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Tennessee.
- La Follette city 7,308
- South Cleveland CDP 7,748
- Savannah city 7,219
- Humboldt city 7,799
- Dayton city 7,191
- Thompson's Station town 7,855
- Church Hill city 7,057
- Lexington city 7,943
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Ripley city?
- Ripley city has 7,718 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #83 of 504 in Tennessee.
- What is the median household income in Ripley city?
- Median household income in Ripley city is $39,047 a year, 50.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ripley city?
- Median gross rent is $745 a month and the median home value is $152,200, so rent absorbs about 22.9% of median household income.
- Is Ripley city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ripley city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Ripley city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.