Potomac vs Ridge Farm

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

Potomac 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 612 in Potomac). Potomac has the higher median household income ($52,404 vs $50,833 in Ridge Farm). Potomac has the higher median home value ($79,600 vs $73,000 in Ridge Farm).

Population, income & housing

	Potomac	Ridge Farm
Population	612	887
Median age	39.3 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,404	$50,833
Median home value	$79,600	$73,000
Median gross rent	$742	$695
Housing units	278	399
Homeownership rate	82.4%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Potomac	Ridge Farm
Population	804 → 612 (-23.9%)	940 → 887 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$50,341 → $52,404 (+4.1%)	$50,375 → $50,833 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $79,600 (+4.2%)	$63,700 → $73,000 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $742 (+15.8%)	$709 → $695 (-2.0%)

Potomac

Population

804612

Median household income

$50,341$52,404

Median home value

$76,400$79,600

Median gross rent

$641$742

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)

	Potomac	Ridge Farm
Under 5	8.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	23.9%	21.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	9.8%	6.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	19.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.3%
75 and over	6.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Potomac	Ridge Farm
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Potomac	Ridge Farm
No high school diploma	8.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	46.7%	57.2%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Potomac	Ridge Farm
Drove alone	87.3%	85.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	10.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Potomac	Ridge Farm
1-unit, detached	86.0%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Potomac	Ridge Farm
Poverty rate	6.7%	9.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1959	1955