Ringwood vs Trout Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Ringwood and Trout Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ringwood has the higher population (778 vs 584 in Trout Valley). Trout Valley has the higher median household income ($211,563 vs $157,500 in Ringwood). Trout Valley has the higher median home value ($435,300 vs $364,700 in Ringwood).

Population, income & housing

	Ringwood	Trout Valley
Population	778	584
Median age	47.9 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$157,500	$211,563
Median home value	$364,700	$435,300
Median gross rent	$1,021	—
Housing units	286	228
Homeownership rate	93.1%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ringwood	Trout Valley
Population	789 → 778 (-1.4%)	411 → 584 (+42.1%)
Median household income	$113,125 → $157,500 (+39.2%)	$143,750 → $211,563 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$289,400 → $364,700 (+26.0%)	$381,100 → $435,300 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,021 (-14.1%)	—

Ringwood

Population

789778

Median household income

$113,125$157,500

Median home value

$289,400$364,700

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,021

Trout Valley

Population

411584

Median household income

$143,750$211,563

Median home value

$381,100$435,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ringwood	Trout Valley
Under 5	4.0%	9.1%
5 to 17	20.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	7.9%
35 to 44	8.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	18.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	19.4%	26.2%
65 to 74	12.0%	14.4%
75 and over	5.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ringwood	Trout Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	93.7%
Black or African American	4.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ringwood	Trout Valley
No high school diploma	4.7%	0.2%
High school graduate	37.7%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	37.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ringwood	Trout Valley
Drove alone	78.6%	66.0%
Carpooled	2.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	11.7%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	17.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ringwood	Trout Valley
1-unit, detached	95.1%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.4%
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

	Ringwood	Trout Valley
Poverty rate	9.0%	2.7%
Average household size	2.84	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1986	1967