Ripley is a very small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 3,063 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ripley is the 71st largest community in West Virginia.

Also of interest is that Ripley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Being a small city, Ripley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The population of Ripley overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Ripley, 24.21% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Ripley in 2022 was $26,670, which is middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,680 for a family of four. However, Ripley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Ripley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ripley residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Ripley include English, German, Irish, Dutch, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Ripley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.