Chemung vs Ridgefield

A side-by-side comparison of Chemung and Ridgefield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chemung has the higher population (251 vs 218 in Ridgefield). Ridgefield has the higher median household income ($133,454 vs $68,463 in Chemung). Ridgefield has the higher median home value ($265,400 vs $181,900 in Chemung).

Population, income & housing

	Chemung	Ridgefield
Population	251	218
Median age	75.0 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,463	$133,454
Median home value	$181,900	$265,400
Housing units	154	65
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	71.7%
Unemployment rate	31.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chemung	Ridgefield
Population	665 → 251 (-62.3%)	274 → 218 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$36,228 → $68,463 (+89.0%)	$93,897 → $133,454 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$154,700 → $181,900 (+17.6%)	$254,400 → $265,400 (+4.3%)

Chemung

Population

665251

Median household income

$36,228$68,463

Median home value

$154,700$181,900

Ridgefield

Population

274218

Median household income

$93,897$133,454

Median home value

$254,400$265,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chemung	Ridgefield
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	41.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	33.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	39.8%	0.0%
75 and over	51.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chemung	Ridgefield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chemung	Ridgefield
No high school diploma	4.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	89.2%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	4.0%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	44.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chemung	Ridgefield
Drove alone	100.0%	59.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	19.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chemung	Ridgefield
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chemung	Ridgefield
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.73	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	—	47
Median year structure built	1992	1938