Gerald vs Villa Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Gerald and Villa Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Gerald and Villa Ridge are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Villa Ridge has the higher population (2,994 vs 1,264 in Gerald). Villa Ridge has the higher median household income ($67,129 vs $56,250 in Gerald). Villa Ridge has the higher median home value ($153,100 vs $141,400 in Gerald).

Population, income & housing

	Gerald	Villa Ridge
Population	1,264	2,994
Median age	40.1 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$67,129
Median home value	$141,400	$153,100
Median gross rent	$847	$1,605
Housing units	565	1,013
Homeownership rate	66.4%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gerald	Villa Ridge
Population	1,280 → 1,264 (-1.3%)	2,603 → 2,994 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$43,875 → $56,250 (+28.2%)	$55,352 → $67,129 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$112,700 → $141,400 (+25.5%)	$141,500 → $153,100 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $847 (+29.9%)	$1,220 → $1,605 (+31.6%)

Gerald

Population

1,2801,264

Median household income

$43,875$56,250

Median home value

$112,700$141,400

Median gross rent

$652$847

Villa Ridge

Population

2,6032,994

Median household income

$55,352$67,129

Median home value

$141,500$153,100

Median gross rent

$1,220$1,605

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gerald	Villa Ridge
Under 5	3.6%	10.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	19.7%
18 to 24	12.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	16.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.9%
75 and over	8.1%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gerald	Villa Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	19.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gerald	Villa Ridge
No high school diploma	14.6%	9.0%
High school graduate	40.6%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gerald	Villa Ridge
Drove alone	79.0%	70.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	17.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gerald	Villa Ridge
1-unit, detached	67.1%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Gerald	Villa Ridge
Poverty rate	16.7%	14.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1977	1982