Ridgewood vs Rockdale

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

Ridgewood and Rockdale 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 2,598 in Rockdale). Ridgewood has the higher median household income ($96,334 vs $56,799 in Rockdale). Rockdale has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $142,400 in Ridgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgewood	Rockdale
Population	2,997	2,598
Median age	31.6 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$96,334	$56,799
Median home value	$142,400	$183,500
Median gross rent	$1,455	$1,219
Housing units	946	952
Homeownership rate	62.4%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgewood	Rockdale
Population	3,089 → 2,997 (-3.0%)	1,979 → 2,598 (+31.3%)
Median household income	$53,953 → $96,334 (+78.6%)	$52,727 → $56,799 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$102,800 → $142,400 (+38.5%)	$132,600 → $183,500 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,103 → $1,455 (+31.9%)	$975 → $1,219 (+25.0%)

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

Rockdale

Population

1,9792,598

Median household income

$52,727$56,799

Median home value

$132,600$183,500

Median gross rent

$975$1,219

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgewood	Rockdale
Under 5	7.4%	8.8%
5 to 17	20.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	16.0%
25 to 34	19.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	19.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	2.9%	5.2%
75 and over	0.8%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgewood	Rockdale
White (non-Hispanic)	16.1%	40.9%
Black or African American	14.5%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	68.9%	45.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgewood	Rockdale
No high school diploma	38.4%	18.7%
High school graduate	32.6%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgewood	Rockdale
Drove alone	81.7%	67.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	14.1%
Public transit	5.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	4.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgewood	Rockdale
1-unit, detached	85.2%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Ridgewood	Rockdale
Poverty rate	16.4%	26.9%
Average household size	3.37	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1946	1953