Cohoe vs Ridgeway

A side-by-side comparison of Cohoe and Ridgeway: population, income, housing, and more.

Cohoe and Ridgeway are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ridgeway has the higher population (2,174 vs 1,619 in Cohoe). Ridgeway has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $59,000 in Cohoe). Ridgeway has the higher median home value ($305,000 vs $228,600 in Cohoe).

Population, income & housing

	Cohoe	Ridgeway
Population	1,619	2,174
Median age	44.6 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,000	$95,000
Median home value	$228,600	$305,000
Housing units	1,020	1,199
Homeownership rate	86.3%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cohoe	Ridgeway
Population	1,223 → 1,619 (+32.4%)	2,702 → 2,174 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$69,219 → $59,000 (-14.8%)	$91,029 → $95,000 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$209,700 → $228,600 (+9.0%)	$257,400 → $305,000 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $850 (+20.1%)	—

Cohoe

Population

1,2231,619

Median household income

$69,219$59,000

Median home value

$209,700$228,600

Median gross rent

$708$850

Ridgeway

Population

2,7022,174

Median household income

$91,029$95,000

Median home value

$257,400$305,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cohoe	Ridgeway
Under 5	8.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	1.9%
25 to 34	7.7%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	20.3%	21.3%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.5%
75 and over	3.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cohoe	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.4%	5.1%
Asian	1.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cohoe	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	34.2%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cohoe	Ridgeway
Drove alone	76.2%	60.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	25.6%
Other means	4.7%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cohoe	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	90.8%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Cohoe	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	18.0%	9.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	32	17
Median year structure built	1996	1988