Houston Lake vs Ridgely

A side-by-side comparison of Houston Lake and Ridgely: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Houston Lake has the higher population (330 vs 129 in Ridgely). Houston Lake has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $69,375 in Ridgely). Ridgely has the higher median home value ($262,500 vs $245,800 in Houston Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Houston Lake	Ridgely
Population	330	129
Median age	44.7 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$69,375
Median home value	$245,800	$262,500
Median gross rent	$1,610	$950
Housing units	142	42
Homeownership rate	71.1%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston Lake	Ridgely
Population	337 → 330 (-2.1%)	103 → 129 (+25.2%)
Median household income	$68,333 → $81,250 (+18.9%)	$70,000 → $69,375 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $245,800 (+78.8%)	$168,800 → $262,500 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,610 (+78.9%)	$1,063 → $950 (-10.6%)

Houston Lake

Population

337330

Median household income

$68,333$81,250

Median home value

$137,500$245,800

Median gross rent

$900$1,610

Ridgely

Population

103129

Median household income

$70,000$69,375

Median home value

$168,800$262,500

Median gross rent

$1,063$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston Lake	Ridgely
Under 5	2.4%	2.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	17.1%
25 to 34	5.2%	3.1%
35 to 44	24.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	19.4%	17.8%
55 to 64	10.9%	17.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	14.7%
75 and over	2.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston Lake	Ridgely
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	86.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston Lake	Ridgely
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	27.8%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	47.8%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston Lake	Ridgely
Drove alone	60.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	10.8%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.6%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston Lake	Ridgely
1-unit, detached	100.0%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Houston Lake	Ridgely
Poverty rate	6.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.32	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1958	1975