Gilman City vs Ridgeway

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

Gilman City 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 355 in Gilman City). Gilman City has the higher median household income ($52,875 vs $37,188 in Ridgeway). Gilman City has the higher median home value ($73,800 vs $65,700 in Ridgeway).

Population, income & housing

	Gilman City	Ridgeway
Population	355	525
Median age	42.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,875	$37,188
Median home value	$73,800	$65,700
Median gross rent	$754	$713
Housing units	168	216
Homeownership rate	70.1%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilman City	Ridgeway
Population	386 → 355 (-8.0%)	398 → 525 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$41,406 → $52,875 (+27.7%)	$27,969 → $37,188 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$53,500 → $73,800 (+37.9%)	$49,500 → $65,700 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $754 (+41.7%)	$575 → $713 (+24.0%)

Gilman City

Population

386355

Median household income

$41,406$52,875

Median home value

$53,500$73,800

Median gross rent

$532$754

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)

	Gilman City	Ridgeway
Under 5	5.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	20.6%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	17.5%	20.6%
55 to 64	9.0%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.6%
75 and over	9.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilman City	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	97.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	4.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilman City	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	11.8%	11.8%
High school graduate	42.8%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilman City	Ridgeway
Drove alone	85.0%	76.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilman City	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	85.7%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Gilman City	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	18.7%	25.7%
Average household size	2.59	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	30	15
Median year structure built	1958	1956