Lawrence vs Ridgefield

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

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

Ridgefield has the higher population (218 vs 213 in Lawrence). Ridgefield has the higher median household income ($133,454 vs $94,205 in Lawrence). Ridgefield has the higher median home value ($265,400 vs $218,800 in Lawrence).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrence	Ridgefield
Population	213	218
Median age	31.7 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$94,205	$133,454
Median home value	$218,800	$265,400
Housing units	72	65
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	71.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrence	Ridgefield
Population	150 → 213 (+42.0%)	274 → 218 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$98,977 → $94,205 (-4.8%)	$93,897 → $133,454 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$126,000 → $218,800 (+73.7%)	$254,400 → $265,400 (+4.3%)

Lawrence

Population

150213

Median household income

$98,977$94,205

Median home value

$126,000$218,800

Ridgefield

Population

274218

Median household income

$93,897$133,454

Median home value

$254,400$265,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawrence	Ridgefield
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	14.6%	41.7%
25 to 34	20.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	4.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	25.8%	33.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	8.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.0%
75 and over	5.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrence	Ridgefield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	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	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrence	Ridgefield
No high school diploma	8.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	69.9%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	6.3%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	44.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrence	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)

	Lawrence	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

	Lawrence	Ridgefield
Poverty rate	12.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.96	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	33	47
Median year structure built	1977	1938