Ransomville vs Rapids

A side-by-side comparison of Ransomville and Rapids: population, income, housing, and more.

Ransomville and Rapids are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ransomville has the higher population (1,590 vs 1,562 in Rapids). Rapids has the higher median household income ($103,482 vs $97,083 in Ransomville). Rapids has the higher median home value ($275,700 vs $211,500 in Ransomville).

Population, income & housing

	Ransomville	Rapids
Population	1,590	1,562
Median age	40.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$97,083	$103,482
Median home value	$211,500	$275,700
Median gross rent	$793	—
Housing units	533	646
Homeownership rate	79.0%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ransomville	Rapids
Population	1,553 → 1,590 (+2.4%)	1,014 → 1,562 (+54.0%)
Median household income	$79,659 → $97,083 (+21.9%)	$90,862 → $103,482 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $211,500 (+42.5%)	$186,900 → $275,700 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,049 → $793 (-24.4%)	—

Ransomville

Population

1,5531,590

Median household income

$79,659$97,083

Median home value

$148,400$211,500

Median gross rent

$1,049$793

Rapids

Population

1,0141,562

Median household income

$90,862$103,482

Median home value

$186,900$275,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ransomville	Rapids
Under 5	1.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	26.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	8.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	7.0%	23.0%
55 to 64	23.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.2%
75 and over	3.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ransomville	Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	91.1%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ransomville	Rapids
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	40.6%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ransomville	Rapids
Drove alone	76.7%	81.6%
Carpooled	19.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ransomville	Rapids
1-unit, detached	78.8%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Ransomville	Rapids
Poverty rate	8.5%	9.4%
Average household size	2.87	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1960	1989