New Union vs Ridgeville

A side-by-side comparison of New Union and Ridgeville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Union has the higher population (927 vs 128 in Ridgeville). New Union has the higher median household income ($43,493 vs $27,750 in Ridgeville). New Union has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $92,900 in Ridgeville).

Population, income & housing

	New Union	Ridgeville
Population	927	128
Median age	32.3 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,493	$27,750
Median home value	$144,600	$92,900
Housing units	377	83
Homeownership rate	86.6%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Union	Ridgeville
Population	829 → 927 (+11.8%)	86 → 128 (+48.8%)
Median household income	$47,188 → $43,493 (-7.8%)	$26,667 → $27,750 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $144,600 (+67.9%)	$66,000 → $92,900 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $673 (-11.0%)	—

New Union

Population

829927

Median household income

$47,188$43,493

Median home value

$86,100$144,600

Median gross rent

$756$673

Ridgeville

Population

86128

Median household income

$26,667$27,750

Median home value

$66,000$92,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Union	Ridgeville
Under 5	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.8%	7.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	19.5%
25 to 34	13.8%	28.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	17.5%	14.8%
55 to 64	9.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	15.6%	11.7%
75 and over	4.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Union	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+

	New Union	Ridgeville
No high school diploma	16.5%	11.7%
High school graduate	38.1%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Union	Ridgeville
Drove alone	93.4%	64.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	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)

	New Union	Ridgeville
1-unit, detached	69.0%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	New Union	Ridgeville
Poverty rate	27.0%	32.8%
Average household size	2.82	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	37	24
Median year structure built	1982	1966