Ridgetop vs Springfield

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

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

Springfield has the higher population (18,985 vs 2,198 in Ridgetop). Ridgetop has the higher median household income ($68,884 vs $58,741 in Springfield). Ridgetop has the higher median home value ($301,300 vs $235,200 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgetop	Springfield
Population	2,198	18,985
Median age	41.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,884	$58,741
Median home value	$301,300	$235,200
Median gross rent	$1,179	$1,107
Housing units	936	7,344
Homeownership rate	82.7%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgetop	Springfield
Population	2,230 → 2,198 (-1.4%)	17,092 → 18,985 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$67,463 → $68,884 (+2.1%)	$46,897 → $58,741 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$209,400 → $301,300 (+43.9%)	$154,800 → $235,200 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,150 → $1,179 (+2.5%)	$835 → $1,107 (+32.6%)

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

Springfield

Population

17,09218,985

Median household income

$46,897$58,741

Median home value

$154,800$235,200

Median gross rent

$835$1,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgetop	Springfield
Under 5	7.2%	8.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	16.7%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	17.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.2%
75 and over	7.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgetop	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	48.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	20.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgetop	Springfield
No high school diploma	11.0%	16.3%
High school graduate	31.3%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgetop	Springfield
Drove alone	75.1%	83.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	5.0%
Other means	1.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgetop	Springfield
1-unit, detached	91.1%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	9.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridgetop	Springfield
Poverty rate	4.9%	20.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1979	1985