Preston Heights vs Ridgewood

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

Preston Heights 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 2,318 in Preston Heights). Ridgewood has the higher median household income ($96,334 vs $51,970 in Preston Heights). Ridgewood has the higher median home value ($142,400 vs $141,400 in Preston Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Preston Heights	Ridgewood
Population	2,318	2,997
Median age	40.1 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,970	$96,334
Median home value	$141,400	$142,400
Median gross rent	$1,232	$1,455
Housing units	1,025	946
Homeownership rate	58.6%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preston Heights	Ridgewood
Population	2,651 → 2,318 (-12.6%)	3,089 → 2,997 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$49,196 → $51,970 (+5.6%)	$53,953 → $96,334 (+78.6%)
Median home value	$99,900 → $141,400 (+41.5%)	$102,800 → $142,400 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,232 (+24.7%)	$1,103 → $1,455 (+31.9%)

Preston Heights

Population

2,6512,318

Median household income

$49,196$51,970

Median home value

$99,900$141,400

Median gross rent

$988$1,232

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)

	Preston Heights	Ridgewood
Under 5	4.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	12.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	11.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	19.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	19.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	2.9%
75 and over	6.0%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preston Heights	Ridgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	21.5%	16.1%
Black or African American	43.0%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	68.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preston Heights	Ridgewood
No high school diploma	20.4%	38.4%
High school graduate	36.2%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preston Heights	Ridgewood
Drove alone	76.0%	81.7%
Carpooled	14.5%	7.3%
Public transit	1.1%	5.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	4.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preston Heights	Ridgewood
1-unit, detached	69.2%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Preston Heights	Ridgewood
Poverty rate	13.3%	16.4%
Average household size	2.39	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1966	1946