Ripley township, Brown County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 6.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 121 (all rural)
| Males: 68 |  (56.2%) |
| Females: 53 |  (43.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 121 (110 owner occupied, 11 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 9% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Ripley township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 48.1
Median age of females: 51.3
Discuss Illinois on our huge forum. We have over 16 million posts!
Average household size: 2.37
| Ripley township: | 2.4 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.68
| Ripley township: | $41,758 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $428 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $77,776 (it was $50,800 in 2000)
| : | $77,776 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $106,563
Here: $106,563 State: $228,842
Townhouses or other attached units: $164,851
Here: $164,851 State: $200,693
Mobile homes: $26,753
Here: $26,753 State: $36,193
| Population density: 20 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 6.5% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Ripley.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Ripley Township Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Town Branch (A), Hamilton Branch (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
78% of Ripley township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 10% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 121
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 13
- South: 3
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 54
- Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,300
Housing units in Ripley township with a mortgage: 18 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (32%)
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Food (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (8%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (17%)
- Health care (17%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (13%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (46%)
- Construction laborers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Food processing workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (17%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (13%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Customer service representatives (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ripley township:
- German (50.0%)
- United States or American (23.0%)
- Dutch (9.5%)
- English (6.8%)
- Irish (5.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 56 (89%)
- Carpooled: 3 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (3%)
- Worked at home: 2 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 139- In family households: 123 (40 male householders, 2 female householders)
36 spouses, 39 children (18 natural, 0 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 1 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 16 (10 male householders (9 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 20 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 13 1-person, 1 2-persons,
15 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (2 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 50.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |