Burr Oak vs Ridgeway

A side-by-side comparison of Burr Oak and Ridgeway: population, income, housing, and more.

Burr Oak and Ridgeway are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ridgeway has the higher population (266 vs 234 in Burr Oak). Burr Oak has the higher median household income ($62,813 vs $56,500 in Ridgeway). Ridgeway has the higher median home value ($136,600 vs $130,900 in Burr Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Burr Oak	Ridgeway
Population	234	266
Median age	33.9 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,813	$56,500
Median home value	$130,900	$136,600
Median gross rent	—	$637
Housing units	111	146
Homeownership rate	75.8%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burr Oak	Ridgeway
Population	209 → 234 (+12.0%)	256 → 266 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $62,813 (-10.8%)	$58,750 → $56,500 (-3.8%)
Median home value	$154,800 → $130,900 (-15.4%)	$111,700 → $136,600 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $825 (+21.5%)	$517 → $637 (+23.2%)

Burr Oak

Population

209234

Median household income

$70,417$62,813

Median home value

$154,800$130,900

Median gross rent

$679$825

Ridgeway

Population

256266

Median household income

$58,750$56,500

Median home value

$111,700$136,600

Median gross rent

$517$637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burr Oak	Ridgeway
Under 5	10.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	28.2%
25 to 34	18.8%	8.3%
35 to 44	7.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	7.3%	8.3%
55 to 64	16.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.7%
75 and over	9.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burr Oak	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burr Oak	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	62.7%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burr Oak	Ridgeway
Drove alone	88.7%	85.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burr Oak	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	73.0%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burr Oak	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	46.2%	3.4%
Average household size	2.36	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1990	1963