Ridgway vs St. Marys

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

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

St. Marys has the higher population (12,612 vs 3,991 in Ridgway). St. Marys has the higher median household income ($64,471 vs $52,059 in Ridgway). St. Marys has the higher median home value ($143,900 vs $87,000 in Ridgway).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgway	St. Marys
Population	3,991	12,612
Median age	44.4 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,059	$64,471
Median home value	$87,000	$143,900
Median gross rent	$676	$756
Housing units	1,887	6,156
Homeownership rate	70.1%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgway	St. Marys
Population	3,814 → 3,991 (+4.6%)	12,429 → 12,612 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $52,059 (+14.1%)	$53,516 → $64,471 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $87,000 (+14.9%)	$122,600 → $143,900 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $676 (+14.6%)	$584 → $756 (+29.5%)

Ridgway

Population

3,8143,991

Median household income

$45,625$52,059

Median home value

$75,700$87,000

Median gross rent

$590$676

St. Marys

Population

12,42912,612

Median household income

$53,516$64,471

Median home value

$122,600$143,900

Median gross rent

$584$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgway	St. Marys
Under 5	4.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	17.7%	17.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.0%
75 and over	7.4%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgway	St. Marys
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgway	St. Marys
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	42.6%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgway	St. Marys
Drove alone	72.9%	82.0%
Carpooled	11.8%	11.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	6.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.3%	1.2%
Other means	0.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgway	St. Marys
1-unit, detached	69.9%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	19.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	3.8%
20 or more units	9.1%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Ridgway	St. Marys
Poverty rate	14.8%	8.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	13
Median year structure built	1945	1962