Elizabethtown vs Ridgewood

A side-by-side comparison of Elizabethtown and Ridgewood: population, income, housing, and more.

Elizabethtown and Ridgewood are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ridgewood has the higher population (477 vs 267 in Elizabethtown). Ridgewood has the higher median household income ($147,679 vs $25,625 in Elizabethtown). Ridgewood has the higher median home value ($285,800 vs $11,200 in Elizabethtown).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Ridgewood
Population	267	477
Median age	49.5 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$25,625	$147,679
Median home value	$11,200	$285,800
Median gross rent	$1,132	—
Housing units	145	199
Homeownership rate	52.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.4%	85.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Ridgewood
Population	299 → 267 (-10.7%)	604 → 477 (-21.0%)
Median household income	$21,786 → $25,625 (+17.6%)	$121,875 → $147,679 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $11,200 (+12.0%)	$240,800 → $285,800 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,132 (+45.1%)	—

Elizabethtown

Population

299267

Median household income

$21,786$25,625

Median home value

$9,999$11,200

Median gross rent

$780$1,132

Ridgewood

Population

604477

Median household income

$121,875$147,679

Median home value

$240,800$285,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Ridgewood
Under 5	3.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	10.5%	13.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	2.3%
35 to 44	5.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	27.7%	22.2%
55 to 64	25.5%	24.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.1%
75 and over	1.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Ridgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	89.5%
Black or African American	3.4%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Ridgewood
No high school diploma	36.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.7%	4.6%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	9.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	41.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	44.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Ridgewood
Drove alone	54.0%	69.6%
Carpooled	46.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	27.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Ridgewood
1-unit, detached	40.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Ridgewood
Poverty rate	24.7%	3.1%
Average household size	1.84	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1981	1942