Gluckstadt vs Ridgeland

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

Gluckstadt 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 2,791 in Gluckstadt). Gluckstadt has the higher median household income ($118,577 vs $63,470 in Ridgeland). Gluckstadt has the higher median home value ($277,000 vs $259,600 in Ridgeland).

Population, income & housing

	Gluckstadt	Ridgeland
Population	2,791	24,548
Median age	35.6 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$118,577	$63,470
Median home value	$277,000	$259,600
Median gross rent	$2,235	$1,204
Housing units	1,069	11,697
Homeownership rate	75.0%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.1%	50.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gluckstadt	Ridgeland
Population	2,959 → 2,791 (-5.7%)	24,269 → 24,548 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$85,885 → $118,577 (+38.1%)	$60,823 → $63,470 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$222,800 → $277,000 (+24.3%)	$186,500 → $259,600 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,196 → $2,235 (+86.9%)	$1,043 → $1,204 (+15.4%)

Gluckstadt

Population

2,9592,791

Median household income

$85,885$118,577

Median home value

$222,800$277,000

Median gross rent

$1,196$2,235

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)

	Gluckstadt	Ridgeland
Under 5	7.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	27.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	10.5%
25 to 34	8.0%	16.6%
35 to 44	18.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	5.0%	7.8%
75 and over	0.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gluckstadt	Ridgeland
White (non-Hispanic)	45.9%	43.4%
Black or African American	38.0%	43.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	12.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gluckstadt	Ridgeland
No high school diploma	0.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	19.8%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	10.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	42.3%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gluckstadt	Ridgeland
Drove alone	87.3%	84.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gluckstadt	Ridgeland
1-unit, detached	99.0%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	27.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Gluckstadt	Ridgeland
Poverty rate	7.6%	10.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	2004	1990