Ripon is a somewhat small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 7,772 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ripon is the 121st largest community in Wisconsin.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ripon is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.80% of the Ripon workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ripon is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ripon who work in office and administrative support (11.43%), sales jobs (9.94%), and food service (9.58%). A relatively large number of people in Ripon telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.96% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.Because there are quite a few people attending college in Ripon, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Ripon provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities. One of the benefits of Ripon is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.45 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small city, Ripon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Ripon who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.56% of adults in Ripon have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Ripon in 2022 was $32,587, which is lower middle income relative to Wisconsin, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,348 for a family of four. However, Ripon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Ripon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ripon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ripon include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Ripon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
