Ridgefield vs Staples

A side-by-side comparison of Ridgefield and Staples: population, income, housing, and more.

Ridgefield and Staples are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ridgefield has the higher population (7,103 vs 6,985 in Staples). Staples has the higher median household income ($218,365 vs $143,286 in Ridgefield). Staples has the higher median home value ($1,202,800 vs $843,200 in Ridgefield).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgefield	Staples
Population	7,103	6,985
Median age	45.7 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$143,286	$218,365
Median home value	$843,200	$1,202,800
Median gross rent	$1,834	$2,142
Housing units	3,135	2,586
Homeownership rate	73.6%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.1%	71.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgefield	Staples
Population	8,244 → 7,103 (-13.8%)	6,952 → 6,985 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$133,647 → $143,286 (+7.2%)	$172,424 → $218,365 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$663,600 → $843,200 (+27.1%)	$1,087,300 → $1,202,800 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,665 → $1,834 (+10.2%)	$1,913 → $2,142 (+12.0%)

Ridgefield

Population

8,2447,103

Median household income

$133,647$143,286

Median home value

$663,600$843,200

Median gross rent

$1,665$1,834

Staples

Population

6,9526,985

Median household income

$172,424$218,365

Median home value

$1,087,300$1,202,800

Median gross rent

$1,913$2,142

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgefield	Staples
Under 5	4.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	21.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	3.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.4%
45 to 54	15.8%	17.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	19.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.8%
75 and over	12.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgefield	Staples
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	77.6%
Black or African American	3.8%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgefield	Staples
No high school diploma	2.3%	3.9%
High school graduate	8.9%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	11.3%
Bachelor's degree	43.4%	38.1%
Graduate or professional degree	29.7%	33.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgefield	Staples
Drove alone	62.3%	44.4%
Carpooled	3.7%	6.8%
Public transit	5.7%	12.9%
Walked	1.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.3%	31.3%
Other means	0.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgefield	Staples
1-unit, detached	65.1%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	2.0%
20 or more units	8.7%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridgefield	Staples
Poverty rate	2.6%	3.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	35	43
Median year structure built	1972	1967