Ridgely vs Williston

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

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

Ridgely has the higher population (1,685 vs 302 in Williston). Williston has the higher median household income ($106,389 vs $64,432 in Ridgely). Williston has the higher median home value ($455,600 vs $236,000 in Ridgely).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgely	Williston
Population	1,685	302
Median age	36.1 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,432	$106,389
Median home value	$236,000	$455,600
Median gross rent	$1,070	—
Housing units	671	92
Homeownership rate	63.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgely	Williston
Population	1,721 → 1,685 (-2.1%)	96 → 302 (+214.6%)
Median household income	$51,705 → $64,432 (+24.6%)	$160,192 → $106,389 (-33.6%)
Median home value	$168,600 → $236,000 (+40.0%)	$345,200 → $455,600 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,026 → $1,070 (+4.3%)	—

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

Williston

Population

96302

Median household income

$160,192$106,389

Median home value

$345,200$455,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgely	Williston
Under 5	7.3%	12.6%
5 to 17	22.1%	20.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	52.3%
35 to 44	17.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	3.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	3.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	3.0%
75 and over	4.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgely	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgely	Williston
No high school diploma	16.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.1%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgely	Williston
Drove alone	83.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgely	Williston
1-unit, detached	74.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridgely	Williston
Poverty rate	8.1%	5.0%
Average household size	2.65	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	34	—
Median year structure built	1981	2005