Ridge Farm vs Rossville

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

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

Rossville has the higher population (1,246 vs 887 in Ridge Farm). Rossville has the higher median household income ($62,708 vs $50,833 in Ridge Farm). Rossville has the higher median home value ($97,800 vs $73,000 in Ridge Farm).

Population, income & housing

	Ridge Farm	Rossville
Population	887	1,246
Median age	44.9 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,833	$62,708
Median home value	$73,000	$97,800
Median gross rent	$695	$780
Housing units	399	542
Homeownership rate	70.1%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridge Farm	Rossville
Population	940 → 887 (-5.6%)	1,320 → 1,246 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$50,375 → $50,833 (+0.9%)	$52,692 → $62,708 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$63,700 → $73,000 (+14.6%)	$77,800 → $97,800 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $695 (-2.0%)	$578 → $780 (+34.9%)

Ridge Farm

Population

940887

Median household income

$50,375$50,833

Median home value

$63,700$73,000

Median gross rent

$709$695

Rossville

Population

1,3201,246

Median household income

$52,692$62,708

Median home value

$77,800$97,800

Median gross rent

$578$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridge Farm	Rossville
Under 5	3.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	21.0%	25.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	6.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	19.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.9%
75 and over	9.5%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridge Farm	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	78.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridge Farm	Rossville
No high school diploma	6.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	57.2%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridge Farm	Rossville
Drove alone	85.3%	84.5%
Carpooled	3.8%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridge Farm	Rossville
1-unit, detached	86.2%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	3.9%
20 or more units	3.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridge Farm	Rossville
Poverty rate	9.8%	12.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1955	1948