Omaha vs Ridgway

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

Omaha 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 276 in Omaha). Omaha has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $42,404 in Ridgway). Ridgway has the higher median home value ($73,700 vs $44,600 in Omaha).

Population, income & housing

	Omaha	Ridgway
Population	276	764
Median age	36.0 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$42,404
Median home value	$44,600	$73,700
Median gross rent	$675	$732
Housing units	125	436
Homeownership rate	77.7%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Omaha	Ridgway
Population	285 → 276 (-3.2%)	788 → 764 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$38,333 → $63,750 (+66.3%)	$52,656 → $42,404 (-19.5%)
Median home value	$45,600 → $44,600 (-2.2%)	$64,500 → $73,700 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$346 → $675 (+95.1%)	$525 → $732 (+39.4%)

Omaha

Population

285276

Median household income

$38,333$63,750

Median home value

$45,600$44,600

Median gross rent

$346$675

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)

	Omaha	Ridgway
Under 5	9.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	21.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	13.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	4.0%	5.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	17.3%
45 to 54	6.5%	6.4%
55 to 64	8.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	18.8%	15.3%
75 and over	4.0%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Omaha	Ridgway
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	26.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Omaha	Ridgway
No high school diploma	6.5%	14.0%
High school graduate	35.9%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Omaha	Ridgway
Drove alone	92.1%	91.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Omaha	Ridgway
1-unit, detached	84.0%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Omaha	Ridgway
Poverty rate	14.1%	9.8%
Average household size	2.94	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1964	1966