Bristow Cove vs Ridgeville

A side-by-side comparison of Bristow Cove and Ridgeville: population, income, housing, and more.

Bristow Cove and Ridgeville are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bristow Cove has the higher population (150 vs 128 in Ridgeville). Since 2019, Ridgeville's population has grown faster (+48.8% vs -77.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bristow Cove	Ridgeville
Population	150	128
Median age	36.0 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$27,750
Median home value	—	$92,900
Housing units	297	83
Homeownership rate	75.3%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristow Cove	Ridgeville
Population	668 → 150 (-77.5%)	86 → 128 (+48.8%)
Median household income	$39,083 → $27,333 (-30.1%)	$26,667 → $27,750 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$152,100 → $178,100 (+17.1%)	$66,000 → $92,900 (+40.8%)

Bristow Cove

Population

668150

Median household income

$39,083$27,333

Median home value

$152,100$178,100

Ridgeville

Population

86128

Median household income

$26,667$27,750

Median home value

$66,000$92,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristow Cove	Ridgeville
Under 5	27.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	7.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	19.5%
25 to 34	22.7%	28.1%
35 to 44	6.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	19.3%	11.7%
75 and over	24.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristow Cove	Ridgeville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	1.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	64.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	23.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristow Cove	Ridgeville
No high school diploma	33.9%	11.7%
High school graduate	35.8%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristow Cove	Ridgeville
Drove alone	100.0%	64.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	19.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristow Cove	Ridgeville
1-unit, detached	52.2%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.8%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Bristow Cove	Ridgeville
Poverty rate	24.7%	32.8%
Average household size	1.95	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1987	1966