Ridgeville vs Union City

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

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

Union City has the higher population (3,477 vs 576 in Ridgeville). Ridgeville has the higher median household income ($39,868 vs $37,202 in Union City). Union City has the higher median home value ($80,100 vs $45,400 in Ridgeville).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgeville	Union City
Population	576	3,477
Median age	48.8 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$39,868	$37,202
Median home value	$45,400	$80,100
Median gross rent	$720	$662
Housing units	319	1,785
Homeownership rate	80.6%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgeville	Union City
Population	544 → 576 (+5.9%)	3,291 → 3,477 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$37,625 → $39,868 (+6.0%)	$32,071 → $37,202 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$45,600 → $45,400 (-0.4%)	$53,200 → $80,100 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $720 (+12.5%)	$638 → $662 (+3.8%)

Ridgeville

Population

544576

Median household income

$37,625$39,868

Median home value

$45,600$45,400

Median gross rent

$640$720

Union City

Population

3,2913,477

Median household income

$32,071$37,202

Median home value

$53,200$80,100

Median gross rent

$638$662

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgeville	Union City
Under 5	1.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	12.2%	20.6%
18 to 24	11.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	18.6%	7.8%
55 to 64	18.4%	8.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.8%
75 and over	8.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgeville	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	71.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.9%
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%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	21.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgeville	Union City
No high school diploma	10.0%	15.4%
High school graduate	53.7%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgeville	Union City
Drove alone	75.6%	87.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	4.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgeville	Union City
1-unit, detached	80.6%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Ridgeville	Union City
Poverty rate	13.7%	33.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1938	1953