Flora vs Ridgeland

A side-by-side comparison of Flora and Ridgeland: population, income, housing, and more.

Flora and Ridgeland are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ridgeland has the higher population (24,548 vs 2,399 in Flora). Ridgeland has the higher median household income ($63,470 vs $36,453 in Flora). Ridgeland has the higher median home value ($259,600 vs $213,700 in Flora).

Population, income & housing

	Flora	Ridgeland
Population	2,399	24,548
Median age	32.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,453	$63,470
Median home value	$213,700	$259,600
Median gross rent	$536	$1,204
Housing units	1,179	11,697
Homeownership rate	46.1%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	50.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flora	Ridgeland
Population	1,832 → 2,399 (+30.9%)	24,269 → 24,548 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$54,615 → $36,453 (-33.3%)	$60,823 → $63,470 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $213,700 (+43.5%)	$186,500 → $259,600 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $536 (-13.7%)	$1,043 → $1,204 (+15.4%)

Flora

Population

1,8322,399

Median household income

$54,615$36,453

Median home value

$148,900$213,700

Median gross rent

$621$536

Ridgeland

Population

24,26924,548

Median household income

$60,823$63,470

Median home value

$186,500$259,600

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flora	Ridgeland
Under 5	17.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	11.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	12.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	8.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.8%
75 and over	7.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flora	Ridgeland
White (non-Hispanic)	42.2%	43.4%
Black or African American	54.1%	43.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flora	Ridgeland
No high school diploma	12.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	33.3%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flora	Ridgeland
Drove alone	81.0%	84.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flora	Ridgeland
1-unit, detached	54.2%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	27.2%
20 or more units	20.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Flora	Ridgeland
Poverty rate	29.1%	10.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1973	1990