Kersey vs Ridgway

A side-by-side comparison of Kersey and Ridgway: population, income, housing, and more.

Kersey and Ridgway are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ridgway has the higher population (3,991 vs 679 in Kersey). Kersey has the higher median household income ($60,288 vs $52,059 in Ridgway). Kersey has the higher median home value ($211,400 vs $87,000 in Ridgway).

Population, income & housing

	Kersey	Ridgway
Population	679	3,991
Median age	34.1 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,288	$52,059
Median home value	$211,400	$87,000
Median gross rent	$619	$676
Housing units	368	1,887
Homeownership rate	72.8%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kersey	Ridgway
Population	1,067 → 679 (-36.4%)	3,814 → 3,991 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$70,392 → $60,288 (-14.4%)	$45,625 → $52,059 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$92,200 → $211,400 (+129.3%)	$75,700 → $87,000 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $619 (-0.2%)	$590 → $676 (+14.6%)

Kersey

Population

1,067679

Median household income

$70,392$60,288

Median home value

$92,200$211,400

Median gross rent

$620$619

Ridgway

Population

3,8143,991

Median household income

$45,625$52,059

Median home value

$75,700$87,000

Median gross rent

$590$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kersey	Ridgway
Under 5	6.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	23.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	2.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	24.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	6.3%	17.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	9.9%
75 and over	6.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kersey	Ridgway
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kersey	Ridgway
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	27.7%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	50.7%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kersey	Ridgway
Drove alone	87.3%	72.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.3%
Other means	5.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kersey	Ridgway
1-unit, detached	86.7%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.4%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Kersey	Ridgway
Poverty rate	23.7%	14.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1959	1945