Ridgetop vs White House

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

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

White House has the higher population (13,875 vs 2,198 in Ridgetop). White House has the higher median household income ($87,315 vs $68,884 in Ridgetop). White House has the higher median home value ($311,200 vs $301,300 in Ridgetop).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgetop	White House
Population	2,198	13,875
Median age	41.1 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,884	$87,315
Median home value	$301,300	$311,200
Median gross rent	$1,179	$1,362
Housing units	936	5,316
Homeownership rate	82.7%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgetop	White House
Population	2,230 → 2,198 (-1.4%)	11,843 → 13,875 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$67,463 → $68,884 (+2.1%)	$78,041 → $87,315 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$209,400 → $301,300 (+43.9%)	$215,600 → $311,200 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,150 → $1,179 (+2.5%)	$1,030 → $1,362 (+32.2%)

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

White House

Population

11,84313,875

Median household income

$78,041$87,315

Median home value

$215,600$311,200

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,362

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgetop	White House
Under 5	7.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.0%	18.4%
35 to 44	16.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	17.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.2%
75 and over	7.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgetop	White House
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	86.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgetop	White House
No high school diploma	11.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	31.3%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgetop	White House
Drove alone	75.1%	75.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	13.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgetop	White House
1-unit, detached	91.1%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	8.8%
20 or more units	1.9%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Ridgetop	White House
Poverty rate	4.9%	6.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	29	38
Median year structure built	1979	2002