Ridgeway vs Spillville

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

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

Spillville has the higher population (409 vs 266 in Ridgeway). Ridgeway has the higher median household income ($56,500 vs $42,750 in Spillville). Spillville has the higher median home value ($156,600 vs $136,600 in Ridgeway).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgeway	Spillville
Population	266	409
Median age	29.8 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,500	$42,750
Median home value	$136,600	$156,600
Median gross rent	$637	$929
Housing units	146	221
Homeownership rate	45.9%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgeway	Spillville
Population	256 → 266 (+3.9%)	474 → 409 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $56,500 (-3.8%)	$28,269 → $42,750 (+51.2%)
Median home value	$111,700 → $136,600 (+22.3%)	$122,900 → $156,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $637 (+23.2%)	$741 → $929 (+25.4%)

Ridgeway

Population

256266

Median household income

$58,750$56,500

Median home value

$111,700$136,600

Median gross rent

$517$637

Spillville

Population

474409

Median household income

$28,269$42,750

Median home value

$122,900$156,600

Median gross rent

$741$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgeway	Spillville
Under 5	6.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	28.2%	9.8%
25 to 34	8.3%	7.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	8.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.5%
75 and over	4.1%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgeway	Spillville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgeway	Spillville
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	43.1%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgeway	Spillville
Drove alone	85.0%	89.4%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	1.1%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgeway	Spillville
1-unit, detached	65.1%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	22.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridgeway	Spillville
Poverty rate	3.4%	16.9%
Average household size	1.82	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1963	1949