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Ripley is a small town of 1,610 people in Brown County, Ohio. It's about 46 miles from Cincinnati, OH. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 41°F, with about 17 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $112k and rent runs about $745 a month.
1,610people
$112kTypical home
$745/moRent
86° / 41°Summer / winter
17"Snow
213Sunny days
131Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,610
- Part of a metro area
- About 809 people per sq mi
- 46 mi to Cincinnati, OH
- 46 mi to Cincinnati, OH
- 29 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $112k (≈$708/mo)
- Median rent $745/mo
- Median household income $49k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 41°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 213 sunny days a year (77 totally clear)
- 152 cloudy days a year
- 54 of 90 winter days are gray
- 131 days a year with rain or snow
- 17" of snow a year
- 7 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 11 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (135 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (807 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 34% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 36 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 41 mi to LUK airport
- 50 mi to CVG (major hub)
- 6 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 73% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1956
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 532 ft
- 350 mi to the ocean
- 193 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 63 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 47 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 5 bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 15 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 44% of Ohio districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 37 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Brown County: R+62 in 2024
- Ohio: R+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk