Ripon is a somewhat small city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 7,716 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ripon is the 121st largest community in Wisconsin.When you are in Ripon, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.39% of Ripon’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Ripon is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ripon who work in sales jobs (9.25%), management occupations (8.69%), and food service (8.29%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.21% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.Ripon is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Ripon enrolled in college, Ripon has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students. One of the benefits of Ripon is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.95 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. Ripon is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Ripon are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.57% of adults in Ripon having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Ripon in 2022 was $35,347, which is middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $141,388 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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Ripon include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Ripon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
