Moon Lake vs River Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Moon Lake and River Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Moon Lake and River Ridge are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

River Ridge has the higher population (5,191 vs 4,572 in Moon Lake). River Ridge has the higher median household income ($86,786 vs $36,901 in Moon Lake). River Ridge has the higher median home value ($303,400 vs $49,400 in Moon Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Moon Lake	River Ridge
Population	4,572	5,191
Median age	37.7 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,901	$86,786
Median home value	$49,400	$303,400
Median gross rent	$1,038	$2,058
Housing units	1,666	2,029
Homeownership rate	78.5%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	19.8%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moon Lake	River Ridge
Population	4,312 → 4,572 (+6.0%)	5,157 → 5,191 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$35,469 → $36,901 (+4.0%)	$61,546 → $86,786 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$50,600 → $49,400 (-2.4%)	$171,300 → $303,400 (+77.1%)
Median gross rent	$889 → $1,038 (+16.8%)	$1,576 → $2,058 (+30.6%)

Moon Lake

Population

4,3124,572

Median household income

$35,469$36,901

Median home value

$50,600$49,400

Median gross rent

$889$1,038

River Ridge

Population

5,1575,191

Median household income

$61,546$86,786

Median home value

$171,300$303,400

Median gross rent

$1,576$2,058

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moon Lake	River Ridge
Under 5	4.7%	1.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	18.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	15.6%
55 to 64	18.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	6.8%	13.1%
75 and over	5.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moon Lake	River Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	85.5%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moon Lake	River Ridge
No high school diploma	23.0%	7.9%
High school graduate	50.7%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moon Lake	River Ridge
Drove alone	72.3%	81.6%
Carpooled	12.5%	1.8%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.9%
Worked from home	6.9%	12.5%
Other means	2.5%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moon Lake	River Ridge
1-unit, detached	35.5%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	62.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moon Lake	River Ridge
Poverty rate	31.0%	8.2%
Average household size	2.84	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1983	1995