Ridgeside vs Walden

A side-by-side comparison of Ridgeside and Walden: population, income, housing, and more.

Ridgeside and Walden are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Walden has the higher population (1,762 vs 907 in Ridgeside). Ridgeside has the higher median household income ($177,500 vs $135,000 in Walden). Walden has the higher median home value ($600,900 vs $473,900 in Ridgeside).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgeside	Walden
Population	907	1,762
Median age	43.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$177,500	$135,000
Median home value	$473,900	$600,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,514
Housing units	264	750
Homeownership rate	92.4%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.2%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgeside	Walden
Population	756 → 907 (+20.0%)	1,948 → 1,762 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$128,295 → $177,500 (+38.4%)	$100,750 → $135,000 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$311,400 → $473,900 (+52.2%)	$412,900 → $600,900 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,177 → $2,202 (+87.1%)	$1,175 → $1,514 (+28.9%)

Ridgeside

Population

756907

Median household income

$128,295$177,500

Median home value

$311,400$473,900

Median gross rent

$1,177$2,202

Walden

Population

1,9481,762

Median household income

$100,750$135,000

Median home value

$412,900$600,900

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,514

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgeside	Walden
Under 5	6.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	26.7%	21.1%
18 to 24	3.1%	4.9%
25 to 34	0.2%	3.9%
35 to 44	19.8%	19.9%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.5%
75 and over	7.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgeside	Walden
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	88.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgeside	Walden
No high school diploma	3.1%	2.1%
High school graduate	13.0%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	7.7%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	41.5%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	34.6%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgeside	Walden
Drove alone	75.8%	78.0%
Carpooled	2.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgeside	Walden
1-unit, detached	97.3%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridgeside	Walden
Poverty rate	3.0%	4.4%
Average household size	3.44	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1942	1982