Fithian vs Ridge Farm

A side-by-side comparison of Fithian and Ridge Farm: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ridge Farm has the higher population (887 vs 546 in Fithian). Fithian has the higher median household income ($77,292 vs $50,833 in Ridge Farm). Fithian has the higher median home value ($114,000 vs $73,000 in Ridge Farm).

Population, income & housing

	Fithian	Ridge Farm
Population	546	887
Median age	47.2 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,292	$50,833
Median home value	$114,000	$73,000
Median gross rent	$1,031	$695
Housing units	218	399
Homeownership rate	85.1%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fithian	Ridge Farm
Population	431 → 546 (+26.7%)	940 → 887 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$53,438 → $77,292 (+44.6%)	$50,375 → $50,833 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$88,400 → $114,000 (+29.0%)	$63,700 → $73,000 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,031 (+52.7%)	$709 → $695 (-2.0%)

Fithian

Population

431546

Median household income

$53,438$77,292

Median home value

$88,400$114,000

Median gross rent

$675$1,031

Ridge Farm

Population

940887

Median household income

$50,375$50,833

Median home value

$63,700$73,000

Median gross rent

$709$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fithian	Ridge Farm
Under 5	2.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	6.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	19.8%	19.5%
65 to 74	15.2%	10.3%
75 and over	7.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fithian	Ridge Farm
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	93.3%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.4%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fithian	Ridge Farm
No high school diploma	3.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	45.6%	57.2%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fithian	Ridge Farm
Drove alone	96.2%	85.3%
Carpooled	0.4%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fithian	Ridge Farm
1-unit, detached	93.6%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Fithian	Ridge Farm
Poverty rate	10.7%	9.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1957	1955