Kearney Park vs Ridgeland

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

Kearney Park 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 703 in Kearney Park). Ridgeland has the higher median home value ($259,600 vs $137,500 in Kearney Park). Since 2019, Ridgeland's population has grown faster (+1.1% vs -60.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Kearney Park	Ridgeland
Population	703	24,548
Median age	16.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$63,470
Median home value	$137,500	$259,600
Median gross rent	$1,095	$1,204
Housing units	141	11,697
Homeownership rate	33.3%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	50.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kearney Park	Ridgeland
Population	1,776 → 703 (-60.4%)	24,269 → 24,548 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$53,438 → $58,356 (+9.2%)	$60,823 → $63,470 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $137,500 (+60.3%)	$186,500 → $259,600 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,095 (+7.8%)	$1,043 → $1,204 (+15.4%)

Kearney Park

Population

1,776703

Median household income

$53,438$58,356

Median home value

$85,800$137,500

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,095

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)

	Kearney Park	Ridgeland
Under 5	6.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	56.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	8.4%	16.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	1.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	1.4%	7.8%
75 and over	0.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kearney Park	Ridgeland
White (non-Hispanic)	17.9%	43.4%
Black or African American	82.1%	43.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kearney Park	Ridgeland
No high school diploma	10.5%	5.9%
High school graduate	32.2%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kearney Park	Ridgeland
Drove alone	63.0%	84.0%
Carpooled	37.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kearney Park	Ridgeland
1-unit, detached	92.9%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	7.1%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Kearney Park	Ridgeland
Poverty rate	9.8%	10.1%
Average household size	4.99	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1985	1990