Plantation vs Ridge Wood Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Plantation and Ridge Wood Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ridge Wood Heights has the higher population (5,085 vs 4,483 in Plantation). Plantation has the higher median household income ($77,873 vs $68,463 in Ridge Wood Heights). Plantation has the higher median home value ($383,000 vs $349,900 in Ridge Wood Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Plantation	Ridge Wood Heights
Population	4,483	5,085
Median age	72.4 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,873	$68,463
Median home value	$383,000	$349,900
Median gross rent	$1,866	$1,465
Housing units	3,794	2,760
Homeownership rate	89.2%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plantation	Ridge Wood Heights
Population	5,026 → 4,483 (-10.8%)	4,287 → 5,085 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$66,344 → $77,873 (+17.4%)	$53,503 → $68,463 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$277,800 → $383,000 (+37.9%)	$221,600 → $349,900 (+57.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,455 → $1,866 (+28.2%)	$1,135 → $1,465 (+29.1%)

Plantation

Population

5,0264,483

Median household income

$66,344$77,873

Median home value

$277,800$383,000

Median gross rent

$1,455$1,866

Ridge Wood Heights

Population

4,2875,085

Median household income

$53,503$68,463

Median home value

$221,600$349,900

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,465

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plantation	Ridge Wood Heights
Under 5	0.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	3.8%	8.6%
18 to 24	1.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	3.8%	14.9%
35 to 44	2.2%	8.0%
45 to 54	2.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	17.4%
65 to 74	30.1%	12.7%
75 and over	43.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plantation	Ridge Wood Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	80.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plantation	Ridge Wood Heights
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	15.7%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plantation	Ridge Wood Heights
Drove alone	68.8%	81.4%
Carpooled	1.5%	7.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	8.7%
Other means	5.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plantation	Ridge Wood Heights
1-unit, detached	64.3%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	8.7%
20 or more units	7.7%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Plantation	Ridge Wood Heights
Poverty rate	3.4%	7.4%
Average household size	1.73	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1993	1980