Fort Atkinson vs Ridgeway

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Atkinson and Ridgeway: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Atkinson has the higher population (340 vs 266 in Ridgeway). Fort Atkinson has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $56,500 in Ridgeway). Ridgeway has the higher median home value ($136,600 vs $135,000 in Fort Atkinson).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Atkinson	Ridgeway
Population	340	266
Median age	47.7 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,083	$56,500
Median home value	$135,000	$136,600
Median gross rent	$1,125	$637
Housing units	172	146
Homeownership rate	83.2%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Atkinson	Ridgeway
Population	372 → 340 (-8.6%)	256 → 266 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$61,806 → $72,083 (+16.6%)	$58,750 → $56,500 (-3.8%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $135,000 (+8.0%)	$111,700 → $136,600 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $1,125 (+80.0%)	$517 → $637 (+23.2%)

Fort Atkinson

Population

372340

Median household income

$61,806$72,083

Median home value

$125,000$135,000

Median gross rent

$625$1,125

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)

	Fort Atkinson	Ridgeway
Under 5	8.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	5.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	13.5%	28.2%
25 to 34	9.7%	8.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	18.2%	8.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.7%
75 and over	9.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	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	1.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Atkinson	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.1%
High school graduate	42.9%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Ridgeway
Drove alone	88.9%	85.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	1.1%
Other means	0.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	87.2%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Atkinson	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	1.8%	3.4%
Average household size	2.11	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1957	1963