Ingalls Park vs Ridgewood

A side-by-side comparison of Ingalls Park and Ridgewood: population, income, housing, and more.

Ingalls Park and Ridgewood are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ridgewood has the higher population (2,997 vs 2,970 in Ingalls Park). Ridgewood has the higher median household income ($96,334 vs $55,268 in Ingalls Park). Ingalls Park has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $142,400 in Ridgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Ingalls Park	Ridgewood
Population	2,970	2,997
Median age	34.7 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,268	$96,334
Median home value	$143,800	$142,400
Median gross rent	$1,321	$1,455
Housing units	1,229	946
Homeownership rate	75.6%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ingalls Park	Ridgewood
Population	3,171 → 2,970 (-6.3%)	3,089 → 2,997 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$46,091 → $55,268 (+19.9%)	$53,953 → $96,334 (+78.6%)
Median home value	$104,700 → $143,800 (+37.3%)	$102,800 → $142,400 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,321 (+40.2%)	$1,103 → $1,455 (+31.9%)

Ingalls Park

Population

3,1712,970

Median household income

$46,091$55,268

Median home value

$104,700$143,800

Median gross rent

$942$1,321

Ridgewood

Population

3,0892,997

Median household income

$53,953$96,334

Median home value

$102,800$142,400

Median gross rent

$1,103$1,455

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ingalls Park	Ridgewood
Under 5	4.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	13.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	12.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	21.8%	19.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	19.2%
45 to 54	7.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	2.9%
75 and over	3.9%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ingalls Park	Ridgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	16.1%
Black or African American	12.2%	14.5%
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	0.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	33.1%	68.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ingalls Park	Ridgewood
No high school diploma	12.4%	38.4%
High school graduate	47.4%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ingalls Park	Ridgewood
Drove alone	69.2%	81.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.3%
Public transit	3.8%	5.5%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	4.1%
Other means	4.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ingalls Park	Ridgewood
1-unit, detached	88.5%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Ingalls Park	Ridgewood
Poverty rate	9.9%	16.4%
Average household size	2.60	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1952	1946