Fridley vs Ramsey

A side-by-side comparison of Fridley and Ramsey: population, income, housing, and more.

Fridley and Ramsey are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fridley has the higher population (29,944 vs 28,070 in Ramsey). Ramsey has the higher median household income ($112,060 vs $79,274 in Fridley). Ramsey has the higher median home value ($345,000 vs $277,100 in Fridley).

Population, income & housing

	Fridley	Ramsey
Population	29,944	28,070
Median age	34.9 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$79,274	$112,060
Median home value	$277,100	$345,000
Median gross rent	$1,270	$1,780
Housing units	12,565	10,419
Homeownership rate	63.2%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fridley	Ramsey
Population	27,668 → 29,944 (+8.2%)	26,638 → 28,070 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$63,836 → $79,274 (+24.2%)	$95,014 → $112,060 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$198,200 → $277,100 (+39.8%)	$251,900 → $345,000 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$985 → $1,270 (+28.9%)	$1,399 → $1,780 (+27.2%)

Fridley

Population

27,66829,944

Median household income

$63,836$79,274

Median home value

$198,200$277,100

Median gross rent

$985$1,270

Ramsey

Population

26,63828,070

Median household income

$95,014$112,060

Median home value

$251,900$345,000

Median gross rent

$1,399$1,780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fridley	Ramsey
Under 5	7.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	18.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.4%
75 and over	6.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fridley	Ramsey
White (non-Hispanic)	57.2%	82.5%
Black or African American	20.0%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fridley	Ramsey
No high school diploma	8.9%	2.5%
High school graduate	28.5%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fridley	Ramsey
Drove alone	70.8%	78.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	4.2%
Public transit	2.6%	1.3%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	14.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fridley	Ramsey
1-unit, detached	53.8%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	18.2%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.4%
20 or more units	22.5%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Fridley	Ramsey
Poverty rate	11.4%	3.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1968	1995