Blythedale vs Ridgeway

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

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

Ridgeway has the higher population (525 vs 357 in Blythedale). Ridgeway has the higher median household income ($37,188 vs $36,818 in Blythedale). Ridgeway has the higher median home value ($65,700 vs $24,800 in Blythedale).

Population, income & housing

	Blythedale	Ridgeway
Population	357	525
Median age	36.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,818	$37,188
Median home value	$24,800	$65,700
Median gross rent	$811	$713
Housing units	138	216
Homeownership rate	68.4%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blythedale	Ridgeway
Population	202 → 357 (+76.7%)	398 → 525 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$37,083 → $36,818 (-0.7%)	$27,969 → $37,188 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $24,800 (-61.8%)	$49,500 → $65,700 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$339 → $811 (+139.2%)	$575 → $713 (+24.0%)

Blythedale

Population

202357

Median household income

$37,083$36,818

Median home value

$65,000$24,800

Median gross rent

$339$811

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)

	Blythedale	Ridgeway
Under 5	4.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.8%	20.6%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	26.1%	9.5%
45 to 54	5.3%	20.6%
55 to 64	21.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.6%
75 and over	4.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blythedale	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	97.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blythedale	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	4.9%	11.8%
High school graduate	69.6%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blythedale	Ridgeway
Drove alone	84.2%	76.8%
Carpooled	13.3%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blythedale	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	76.8%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Blythedale	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	16.0%	25.7%
Average household size	3.13	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	35	15
Median year structure built	1966	1956