Parker City vs Ridgeville

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

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

Parker City has the higher population (1,236 vs 576 in Ridgeville). Parker City has the higher median household income ($56,875 vs $39,868 in Ridgeville). Parker City has the higher median home value ($91,700 vs $45,400 in Ridgeville).

Population, income & housing

	Parker City	Ridgeville
Population	1,236	576
Median age	37.4 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,875	$39,868
Median home value	$91,700	$45,400
Median gross rent	$796	$720
Housing units	513	319
Homeownership rate	71.7%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parker City	Ridgeville
Population	1,315 → 1,236 (-6.0%)	544 → 576 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$49,583 → $56,875 (+14.7%)	$37,625 → $39,868 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$71,600 → $91,700 (+28.1%)	$45,600 → $45,400 (-0.4%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $796 (+19.9%)	$640 → $720 (+12.5%)

Parker City

Population

1,3151,236

Median household income

$49,583$56,875

Median home value

$71,600$91,700

Median gross rent

$664$796

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)

	Parker City	Ridgeville
Under 5	10.3%	1.6%
5 to 17	20.6%	12.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	11.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.0%
45 to 54	9.0%	18.6%
55 to 64	8.4%	18.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.3%
75 and over	12.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parker City	Ridgeville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parker City	Ridgeville
No high school diploma	10.8%	10.0%
High school graduate	47.5%	53.7%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parker City	Ridgeville
Drove alone	86.6%	75.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	5.5%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parker City	Ridgeville
1-unit, detached	82.5%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Parker City	Ridgeville
Poverty rate	20.0%	13.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1964	1938