Ridge Wood Heights vs Siesta Key

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

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

Siesta Key has the higher population (5,690 vs 5,085 in Ridge Wood Heights). Siesta Key has the higher median household income ($119,427 vs $68,463 in Ridge Wood Heights). Siesta Key has the higher median home value ($954,300 vs $349,900 in Ridge Wood Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Ridge Wood Heights	Siesta Key
Population	5,085	5,690
Median age	49.2 yrs	66.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,463	$119,427
Median home value	$349,900	$954,300
Median gross rent	$1,465	$2,761
Housing units	2,760	7,894
Homeownership rate	74.0%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	65.3%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridge Wood Heights	Siesta Key
Population	4,287 → 5,085 (+18.6%)	5,573 → 5,690 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$53,503 → $68,463 (+28.0%)	$102,143 → $119,427 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$221,600 → $349,900 (+57.9%)	$715,000 → $954,300 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,465 (+29.1%)	$1,730 → $2,761 (+59.6%)

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

Siesta Key

Population

5,5735,690

Median household income

$102,143$119,427

Median home value

$715,000$954,300

Median gross rent

$1,730$2,761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridge Wood Heights	Siesta Key
Under 5	5.5%	1.1%
5 to 17	8.6%	6.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	1.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	2.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	3.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	7.7%
55 to 64	17.4%	25.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	22.8%
75 and over	10.9%	29.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridge Wood Heights	Siesta Key
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	92.7%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridge Wood Heights	Siesta Key
No high school diploma	6.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	31.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridge Wood Heights	Siesta Key
Drove alone	81.4%	49.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.7%	36.2%
Other means	2.5%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridge Wood Heights	Siesta Key
1-unit, detached	72.0%	28.9%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	8.9%
20 or more units	3.8%	44.6%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Ridge Wood Heights	Siesta Key
Poverty rate	7.4%	7.6%
Average household size	2.06	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1980	1975