Ridgeville vs Walnut Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Ridgeville and Walnut Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walnut Grove has the higher population (871 vs 128 in Ridgeville). Walnut Grove has the higher median household income ($41,223 vs $27,750 in Ridgeville). Walnut Grove has the higher median home value ($136,300 vs $92,900 in Ridgeville).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgeville	Walnut Grove
Population	128	871
Median age	33.5 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$27,750	$41,223
Median home value	$92,900	$136,300
Median gross rent	—	$475
Housing units	83	423
Homeownership rate	95.2%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgeville	Walnut Grove
Population	86 → 128 (+48.8%)	833 → 871 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$26,667 → $27,750 (+4.1%)	$41,250 → $41,223 (-0.1%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $92,900 (+40.8%)	$80,000 → $136,300 (+70.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$556 → $475 (-14.6%)

Ridgeville

Population

86128

Median household income

$26,667$27,750

Median home value

$66,000$92,900

Walnut Grove

Population

833871

Median household income

$41,250$41,223

Median home value

$80,000$136,300

Median gross rent

$556$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgeville	Walnut Grove
Under 5	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	7.0%	10.0%
18 to 24	19.5%	10.2%
25 to 34	28.1%	2.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.8%	23.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.8%
75 and over	6.3%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgeville	Walnut Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	1.6%	78.4%
Black or African American	64.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	23.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgeville	Walnut Grove
No high school diploma	11.7%	27.6%
High school graduate	36.2%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgeville	Walnut Grove
Drove alone	64.5%	90.8%
Carpooled	16.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	19.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgeville	Walnut Grove
1-unit, detached	85.5%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	27.7%

Poverty & households

	Ridgeville	Walnut Grove
Poverty rate	32.8%	24.8%
Average household size	2.03	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1966	1986