River Ridge vs Terrytown

A side-by-side comparison of River Ridge and Terrytown: population, income, housing, and more.

River Ridge and Terrytown are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Terrytown has the higher population (25,844 vs 13,170 in River Ridge). River Ridge has the higher median household income ($84,464 vs $56,944 in Terrytown). River Ridge has the higher median home value ($330,700 vs $212,000 in Terrytown).

Population, income & housing

	River Ridge	Terrytown
Population	13,170	25,844
Median age	46.7 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,464	$56,944
Median home value	$330,700	$212,000
Median gross rent	$1,067	$1,065
Housing units	6,224	9,794
Homeownership rate	70.9%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	River Ridge	Terrytown
Population	13,337 → 13,170 (-1.3%)	24,953 → 25,844 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$69,929 → $84,464 (+20.8%)	$46,638 → $56,944 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$265,300 → $330,700 (+24.7%)	$162,700 → $212,000 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,067 (+15.1%)	$953 → $1,065 (+11.8%)

River Ridge

Population

13,33713,170

Median household income

$69,929$84,464

Median home value

$265,300$330,700

Median gross rent

$927$1,067

Terrytown

Population

24,95325,844

Median household income

$46,638$56,944

Median home value

$162,700$212,000

Median gross rent

$953$1,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	River Ridge	Terrytown
Under 5	5.6%	11.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	17.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	14.0%	6.3%
75 and over	9.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	River Ridge	Terrytown
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	26.2%
Black or African American	9.6%	32.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	1.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	34.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	River Ridge	Terrytown
No high school diploma	6.9%	16.5%
High school graduate	21.3%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	River Ridge	Terrytown
Drove alone	73.5%	71.5%
Carpooled	11.1%	18.1%
Public transit	0.1%	1.7%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.6%	6.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	River Ridge	Terrytown
1-unit, detached	74.1%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	19.9%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	17.2%
20 or more units	12.2%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	River Ridge	Terrytown
Poverty rate	8.0%	18.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1971	1977