Cainsville vs Ridgeway

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

Cainsville 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 207 in Cainsville). Ridgeway has the higher median household income ($37,188 vs $35,938 in Cainsville). Ridgeway has the higher median home value ($65,700 vs $48,300 in Cainsville).

Population, income & housing

	Cainsville	Ridgeway
Population	207	525
Median age	48.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,938	$37,188
Median home value	$48,300	$65,700
Median gross rent	$513	$713
Housing units	149	216
Homeownership rate	89.3%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cainsville	Ridgeway
Population	248 → 207 (-16.5%)	398 → 525 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $35,938 (-12.9%)	$27,969 → $37,188 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$37,500 → $48,300 (+28.8%)	$49,500 → $65,700 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$333 → $513 (+54.1%)	$575 → $713 (+24.0%)

Cainsville

Population

248207

Median household income

$41,250$35,938

Median home value

$37,500$48,300

Median gross rent

$333$513

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)

	Cainsville	Ridgeway
Under 5	3.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.0%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	8.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	20.6%
55 to 64	23.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.6%
75 and over	11.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cainsville	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cainsville	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	3.2%	11.8%
High school graduate	51.3%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cainsville	Ridgeway
Drove alone	77.6%	76.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.8%	9.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cainsville	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	76.5%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Cainsville	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	14.5%	25.7%
Average household size	2.01	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	42	15
Median year structure built	1938	1956