Greensboro vs Ridgely

A side-by-side comparison of Greensboro and Ridgely: population, income, housing, and more.

Greensboro and Ridgely are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greensboro has the higher population (2,563 vs 1,685 in Ridgely). Ridgely has the higher median household income ($64,432 vs $44,934 in Greensboro). Ridgely has the higher median home value ($236,000 vs $230,600 in Greensboro).

Population, income & housing

	Greensboro	Ridgely
Population	2,563	1,685
Median age	33.3 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,934	$64,432
Median home value	$230,600	$236,000
Median gross rent	$974	$1,070
Housing units	971	671
Homeownership rate	51.9%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greensboro	Ridgely
Population	2,837 → 2,563 (-9.7%)	1,721 → 1,685 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$46,607 → $44,934 (-3.6%)	$51,705 → $64,432 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$147,700 → $230,600 (+56.1%)	$168,600 → $236,000 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $974 (+16.0%)	$1,026 → $1,070 (+4.3%)

Greensboro

Population

2,8372,563

Median household income

$46,607$44,934

Median home value

$147,700$230,600

Median gross rent

$840$974

Ridgely

Population

1,7211,685

Median household income

$51,705$64,432

Median home value

$168,600$236,000

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,070

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greensboro	Ridgely
Under 5	11.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.9%	22.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	19.4%	17.8%
45 to 54	6.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	9.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.7%
75 and over	4.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greensboro	Ridgely
White (non-Hispanic)	53.5%	68.7%
Black or African American	15.8%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	27.9%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greensboro	Ridgely
No high school diploma	20.1%	16.1%
High school graduate	40.1%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greensboro	Ridgely
Drove alone	71.2%	83.7%
Carpooled	15.6%	1.6%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	6.1%
Other means	5.9%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greensboro	Ridgely
1-unit, detached	58.1%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	8.5%
20 or more units	7.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Greensboro	Ridgely
Poverty rate	21.2%	8.1%
Average household size	2.98	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	38	34
Median year structure built	1969	1981