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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Ripon is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ripon is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ripon who work in office and administrative support (8.86%), management occupations (8.48%), and food service (8.43%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.85% 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.In addition, Ripon is a college town. There are a lot of students in Ripon attending college, and as a result Ripon provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students. Being a small city, Ripon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Ripon citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.38% of adults in Ripon have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Ripon in 2022 was $35,531, 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 $142,124 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 Italian. The most common language spoken in Ripon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
