Rankin vs Ridge Farm

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

Rankin 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 560 in Rankin). Ridge Farm has the higher median household income ($50,833 vs $47,125 in Rankin). Ridge Farm has the higher median home value ($73,000 vs $57,700 in Rankin).

Population, income & housing

	Rankin	Ridge Farm
Population	560	887
Median age	32.7 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,125	$50,833
Median home value	$57,700	$73,000
Median gross rent	$718	$695
Housing units	265	399
Homeownership rate	68.0%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	23.3%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rankin	Ridge Farm
Population	543 → 560 (+3.1%)	940 → 887 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $47,125 (-4.6%)	$50,375 → $50,833 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$51,700 → $57,700 (+11.6%)	$63,700 → $73,000 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $718 (+9.1%)	$709 → $695 (-2.0%)

Rankin

Population

543560

Median household income

$49,375$47,125

Median home value

$51,700$57,700

Median gross rent

$658$718

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)

	Rankin	Ridge Farm
Under 5	1.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	24.8%	21.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	22.3%	6.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	19.5%
65 to 74	4.6%	10.3%
75 and over	3.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rankin	Ridge Farm
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	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	1.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rankin	Ridge Farm
No high school diploma	18.2%	6.0%
High school graduate	42.6%	57.2%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rankin	Ridge Farm
Drove alone	75.5%	85.3%
Carpooled	14.5%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	10.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rankin	Ridge Farm
1-unit, detached	84.2%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	15.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Rankin	Ridge Farm
Poverty rate	39.0%	9.8%
Average household size	2.76	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1938	1955