Ridgway vs Wilcox

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

Ridgway and Wilcox 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 365 in Wilcox). Wilcox has the higher median household income ($52,679 vs $52,059 in Ridgway). Ridgway has the higher median home value ($87,000 vs $55,300 in Wilcox).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgway	Wilcox
Population	3,991	365
Median age	44.4 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,059	$52,679
Median home value	$87,000	$55,300
Median gross rent	$676	$708
Housing units	1,887	170
Homeownership rate	70.1%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgway	Wilcox
Population	3,814 → 3,991 (+4.6%)	358 → 365 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $52,059 (+14.1%)	$39,792 → $52,679 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $87,000 (+14.9%)	$58,400 → $55,300 (-5.3%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $676 (+14.6%)	$521 → $708 (+35.9%)

Ridgway

Population

3,8143,991

Median household income

$45,625$52,059

Median home value

$75,700$87,000

Median gross rent

$590$676

Wilcox

Population

358365

Median household income

$39,792$52,679

Median home value

$58,400$55,300

Median gross rent

$521$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgway	Wilcox
Under 5	4.7%	11.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	9.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	26.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	17.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.8%
75 and over	7.4%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgway	Wilcox
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgway	Wilcox
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	42.6%	63.9%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgway	Wilcox
Drove alone	72.9%	87.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	12.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgway	Wilcox
1-unit, detached	69.9%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.4%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Ridgway	Wilcox
Poverty rate	14.8%	20.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1945	1938