Bethany vs Ridgeway

A side-by-side comparison of Bethany and Ridgeway: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bethany has the higher population (3,164 vs 525 in Ridgeway). Bethany has the higher median household income ($46,016 vs $37,188 in Ridgeway). Bethany has the higher median home value ($119,700 vs $65,700 in Ridgeway).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany	Ridgeway
Population	3,164	525
Median age	42.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,016	$37,188
Median home value	$119,700	$65,700
Median gross rent	$634	$713
Housing units	1,509	216
Homeownership rate	62.3%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany	Ridgeway
Population	3,119 → 3,164 (+1.4%)	398 → 525 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$32,650 → $46,016 (+40.9%)	$27,969 → $37,188 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$75,400 → $119,700 (+58.8%)	$49,500 → $65,700 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$482 → $634 (+31.5%)	$575 → $713 (+24.0%)

Bethany

Population

3,1193,164

Median household income

$32,650$46,016

Median home value

$75,400$119,700

Median gross rent

$482$634

Ridgeway

Population

398525

Median household income

$27,969$37,188

Median home value

$49,500$65,700

Median gross rent

$575$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany	Ridgeway
Under 5	5.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	23.3%	20.6%
18 to 24	3.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	7.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	7.3%	20.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	8.6%
75 and over	11.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	97.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	10.0%	11.8%
High school graduate	37.8%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany	Ridgeway
Drove alone	74.7%	76.8%
Carpooled	11.1%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	9.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	69.0%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Bethany	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	14.5%	25.7%
Average household size	2.52	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1968	1956