New Market vs Ridgely

A side-by-side comparison of New Market and Ridgely: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ridgely has the higher population (129 vs 65 in New Market). Since 2019, New Market's population has grown faster (+58.5% vs +25.2%).

Population, income & housing

	New Market	Ridgely
Population	65	129
Median age	39.9 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$69,375
Median home value	—	$262,500
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	39	42
Homeownership rate	100.0%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.0%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Market	Ridgely
Population	41 → 65 (+58.5%)	103 → 129 (+25.2%)
Median household income	$103,750 → $118,889 (+14.6%)	$70,000 → $69,375 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $169,400 (+12.9%)	$168,800 → $262,500 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,063 → $950 (-10.6%)

New Market

Population

4165

Median household income

$103,750$118,889

Median home value

$150,000$169,400

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)

	New Market	Ridgely
Under 5	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	23.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	17.1%
25 to 34	16.9%	3.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	17.8%
55 to 64	35.4%	17.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	14.7%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Market	Ridgely
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Market	Ridgely
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	18.0%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	14.0%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	68.0%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Market	Ridgely
Drove alone	76.0%	80.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Market	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

	New Market	Ridgely
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.24	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1941	1975