Peotone vs Ridgewood

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

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

Peotone has the higher population (4,462 vs 2,997 in Ridgewood). Peotone has the higher median household income ($104,792 vs $96,334 in Ridgewood). Peotone has the higher median home value ($261,400 vs $142,400 in Ridgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Peotone	Ridgewood
Population	4,462	2,997
Median age	39.1 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$104,792	$96,334
Median home value	$261,400	$142,400
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,455
Housing units	1,622	946
Homeownership rate	70.8%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peotone	Ridgewood
Population	4,331 → 4,462 (+3.0%)	3,089 → 2,997 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$83,651 → $104,792 (+25.3%)	$53,953 → $96,334 (+78.6%)
Median home value	$191,600 → $261,400 (+36.4%)	$102,800 → $142,400 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $1,102 (+19.0%)	$1,103 → $1,455 (+31.9%)

Peotone

Population

4,3314,462

Median household income

$83,651$104,792

Median home value

$191,600$261,400

Median gross rent

$926$1,102

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)

	Peotone	Ridgewood
Under 5	3.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	20.2%
18 to 24	13.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	19.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	19.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	2.9%
75 and over	3.4%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peotone	Ridgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	16.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	68.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peotone	Ridgewood
No high school diploma	5.8%	38.4%
High school graduate	29.7%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peotone	Ridgewood
Drove alone	76.0%	81.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.3%
Public transit	1.9%	5.5%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peotone	Ridgewood
1-unit, detached	75.6%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Peotone	Ridgewood
Poverty rate	3.3%	16.4%
Average household size	2.78	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1977	1946