Ridgely vs Tiptonville

A side-by-side comparison of Ridgely and Tiptonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tiptonville has the higher population (3,687 vs 1,723 in Ridgely). Ridgely has the higher median household income ($24,412 vs $22,979 in Tiptonville). Tiptonville has the higher median home value ($109,400 vs $74,500 in Ridgely).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgely	Tiptonville
Population	1,723	3,687
Median age	34.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$24,412	$22,979
Median home value	$74,500	$109,400
Median gross rent	$571	$453
Housing units	759	1,056
Homeownership rate	37.9%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgely	Tiptonville
Population	1,767 → 1,723 (-2.5%)	4,272 → 3,687 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$33,846 → $24,412 (-27.9%)	$24,919 → $22,979 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$65,800 → $74,500 (+13.2%)	$81,000 → $109,400 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $571 (+16.1%)	$510 → $453 (-11.2%)

Ridgely

Population

1,7671,723

Median household income

$33,846$24,412

Median home value

$65,800$74,500

Median gross rent

$492$571

Tiptonville

Population

4,2723,687

Median household income

$24,919$22,979

Median home value

$81,000$109,400

Median gross rent

$510$453

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgely	Tiptonville
Under 5	7.3%	2.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	6.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	16.0%
35 to 44	7.7%	23.1%
45 to 54	8.2%	21.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	6.8%
75 and over	9.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgely	Tiptonville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	57.3%
Black or African American	22.7%	28.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgely	Tiptonville
No high school diploma	36.8%	25.4%
High school graduate	31.8%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgely	Tiptonville
Drove alone	81.3%	89.3%
Carpooled	12.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	1.0%
Other means	2.8%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgely	Tiptonville
1-unit, detached	59.7%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.1%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Ridgely	Tiptonville
Poverty rate	41.6%	34.3%
Average household size	2.36	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1974	1976