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 overall education level of Ripon is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.56% of adults 25 and older in the city 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.
