Lynn vs Ridgeville

A side-by-side comparison of Lynn and Ridgeville: population, income, housing, and more.

Lynn and Ridgeville are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lynn has the higher population (994 vs 576 in Ridgeville). Lynn has the higher median household income ($44,450 vs $39,868 in Ridgeville). Lynn has the higher median home value ($79,000 vs $45,400 in Ridgeville).

Population, income & housing

	Lynn	Ridgeville
Population	994	576
Median age	47.2 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,450	$39,868
Median home value	$79,000	$45,400
Median gross rent	$659	$720
Housing units	527	319
Homeownership rate	71.0%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynn	Ridgeville
Population	1,149 → 994 (-13.5%)	544 → 576 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$59,205 → $44,450 (-24.9%)	$37,625 → $39,868 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$65,200 → $79,000 (+21.2%)	$45,600 → $45,400 (-0.4%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $659 (-2.7%)	$640 → $720 (+12.5%)

Lynn

Population

1,149994

Median household income

$59,205$44,450

Median home value

$65,200$79,000

Median gross rent

$677$659

Ridgeville

Population

544576

Median household income

$37,625$39,868

Median home value

$45,600$45,400

Median gross rent

$640$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lynn	Ridgeville
Under 5	4.3%	1.6%
5 to 17	11.0%	12.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	11.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	18.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	18.4%
65 to 74	13.7%	11.3%
75 and over	10.4%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynn	Ridgeville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynn	Ridgeville
No high school diploma	8.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	51.0%	53.7%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynn	Ridgeville
Drove alone	70.5%	75.6%
Carpooled	23.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	0.7%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynn	Ridgeville
1-unit, detached	76.5%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Lynn	Ridgeville
Poverty rate	13.6%	13.7%
Average household size	2.04	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1943	1938