Fritz Creek vs Ridgeway

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

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

Fritz Creek has the higher population (2,432 vs 2,174 in Ridgeway). Ridgeway has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $85,893 in Fritz Creek). Fritz Creek has the higher median home value ($328,200 vs $305,000 in Ridgeway).

Population, income & housing

	Fritz Creek	Ridgeway
Population	2,432	2,174
Median age	45.8 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,893	$95,000
Median home value	$328,200	$305,000
Median gross rent	$1,292	—
Housing units	1,356	1,199
Homeownership rate	86.7%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.1%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fritz Creek	Ridgeway
Population	2,074 → 2,432 (+17.3%)	2,702 → 2,174 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$71,042 → $85,893 (+20.9%)	$91,029 → $95,000 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$299,500 → $328,200 (+9.6%)	$257,400 → $305,000 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$891 → $1,292 (+45.0%)	—

Fritz Creek

Population

2,0742,432

Median household income

$71,042$85,893

Median home value

$299,500$328,200

Median gross rent

$891$1,292

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)

	Fritz Creek	Ridgeway
Under 5	7.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	15.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	1.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	7.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	16.7%	21.3%
65 to 74	14.6%	11.5%
75 and over	5.3%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fritz Creek	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	5.1%
Asian	4.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fritz Creek	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	4.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	25.9%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fritz Creek	Ridgeway
Drove alone	75.8%	60.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	25.6%
Other means	6.8%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fritz Creek	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	93.6%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Fritz Creek	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	5.3%	9.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1993	1988