Amherst vs North Ridgeville

A side-by-side comparison of Amherst and North Ridgeville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Ridgeville has the higher population (36,043 vs 12,796 in Amherst). North Ridgeville has the higher median household income ($94,234 vs $93,043 in Amherst). North Ridgeville has the higher median home value ($254,700 vs $222,700 in Amherst).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst	North Ridgeville
Population	12,796	36,043
Median age	43.4 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,043	$94,234
Median home value	$222,700	$254,700
Median gross rent	$832	$1,067
Housing units	5,081	14,335
Homeownership rate	87.7%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst	North Ridgeville
Population	12,108 → 12,796 (+5.7%)	33,427 → 36,043 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$71,775 → $93,043 (+29.6%)	$77,221 → $94,234 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $222,700 (+35.3%)	$182,300 → $254,700 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $832 (+6.1%)	$968 → $1,067 (+10.2%)

Amherst

Population

12,10812,796

Median household income

$71,775$93,043

Median home value

$164,600$222,700

Median gross rent

$784$832

North Ridgeville

Population

33,42736,043

Median household income

$77,221$94,234

Median home value

$182,300$254,700

Median gross rent

$968$1,067

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst	North Ridgeville
Under 5	4.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.4%
75 and over	9.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst	North Ridgeville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	87.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst	North Ridgeville
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.8%
High school graduate	26.7%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst	North Ridgeville
Drove alone	79.9%	76.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	13.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst	North Ridgeville
1-unit, detached	87.1%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Amherst	North Ridgeville
Poverty rate	4.5%	4.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1971	1995