New Haven vs Ridgway

A side-by-side comparison of New Haven and Ridgway: population, income, housing, and more.

New Haven and Ridgway are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ridgway has the higher population (764 vs 528 in New Haven). Ridgway has the higher median household income ($42,404 vs $33,977 in New Haven). Ridgway has the higher median home value ($73,700 vs $50,400 in New Haven).

Population, income & housing

	New Haven	Ridgway
Population	528	764
Median age	39.7 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$33,977	$42,404
Median home value	$50,400	$73,700
Median gross rent	$471	$732
Housing units	248	436
Homeownership rate	72.6%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	41.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Haven	Ridgway
Population	376 → 528 (+40.4%)	788 → 764 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$39,297 → $33,977 (-13.5%)	$52,656 → $42,404 (-19.5%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $50,400 (-2.5%)	$64,500 → $73,700 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$509 → $471 (-7.5%)	$525 → $732 (+39.4%)

New Haven

Population

376528

Median household income

$39,297$33,977

Median home value

$51,700$50,400

Median gross rent

$509$471

Ridgway

Population

788764

Median household income

$52,656$42,404

Median home value

$64,500$73,700

Median gross rent

$525$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Haven	Ridgway
Under 5	4.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	19.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	5.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	17.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	6.4%
55 to 64	17.6%	9.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	15.3%
75 and over	5.5%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Haven	Ridgway
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	96.6%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Haven	Ridgway
No high school diploma	18.5%	14.0%
High school graduate	52.2%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Haven	Ridgway
Drove alone	95.9%	91.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	2.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Haven	Ridgway
1-unit, detached	61.3%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	New Haven	Ridgway
Poverty rate	27.3%	9.8%
Average household size	2.68	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	39	25
Median year structure built	1973	1966