Orlinda vs Ridgetop

A side-by-side comparison of Orlinda and Ridgetop: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ridgetop has the higher population (2,198 vs 1,088 in Orlinda). Orlinda has the higher median household income ($74,886 vs $68,884 in Ridgetop). Ridgetop has the higher median home value ($301,300 vs $298,400 in Orlinda).

Population, income & housing

	Orlinda	Ridgetop
Population	1,088	2,198
Median age	44.5 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,886	$68,884
Median home value	$298,400	$301,300
Median gross rent	$1,415	$1,179
Housing units	461	936
Homeownership rate	87.5%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orlinda	Ridgetop
Population	959 → 1,088 (+13.5%)	2,230 → 2,198 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$62,639 → $74,886 (+19.6%)	$67,463 → $68,884 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$170,500 → $298,400 (+75.0%)	$209,400 → $301,300 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,415 (+42.6%)	$1,150 → $1,179 (+2.5%)

Orlinda

Population

9591,088

Median household income

$62,639$74,886

Median home value

$170,500$298,400

Median gross rent

$992$1,415

Ridgetop

Population

2,2302,198

Median household income

$67,463$68,884

Median home value

$209,400$301,300

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orlinda	Ridgetop
Under 5	2.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	7.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	21.0%	17.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.0%
75 and over	4.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orlinda	Ridgetop
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	90.6%
Black or African American	4.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orlinda	Ridgetop
No high school diploma	10.2%	11.0%
High school graduate	44.0%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orlinda	Ridgetop
Drove alone	87.6%	75.1%
Carpooled	3.2%	5.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	17.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orlinda	Ridgetop
1-unit, detached	92.6%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Orlinda	Ridgetop
Poverty rate	5.3%	4.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1992	1979