Fieldale vs Ridgeway

A side-by-side comparison of Fieldale and Ridgeway: population, income, housing, and more.

Fieldale and Ridgeway are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ridgeway has the higher population (1,082 vs 797 in Fieldale). Ridgeway has the higher median household income ($60,938 vs $43,450 in Fieldale). Ridgeway has the higher median home value ($147,400 vs $65,000 in Fieldale).

Population, income & housing

	Fieldale	Ridgeway
Population	797	1,082
Median age	33.7 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,450	$60,938
Median home value	$65,000	$147,400
Median gross rent	$782	$745
Housing units	438	370
Homeownership rate	78.0%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fieldale	Ridgeway
Population	907 → 797 (-12.1%)	922 → 1,082 (+17.4%)
Median household income	$25,714 → $43,450 (+69.0%)	$32,321 → $60,938 (+88.5%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $65,000 (-21.5%)	$104,400 → $147,400 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $782 (+12.8%)	$571 → $745 (+30.5%)

Fieldale

Population

907797

Median household income

$25,714$43,450

Median home value

$82,800$65,000

Median gross rent

$693$782

Ridgeway

Population

9221,082

Median household income

$32,321$60,938

Median home value

$104,400$147,400

Median gross rent

$571$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fieldale	Ridgeway
Under 5	7.2%	14.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	23.2%
18 to 24	10.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	21.0%	5.4%
35 to 44	4.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	5.1%	8.3%
75 and over	7.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fieldale	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	54.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	39.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fieldale	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	16.5%	12.5%
High school graduate	50.2%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fieldale	Ridgeway
Drove alone	83.7%	85.6%
Carpooled	2.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fieldale	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	100.0%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Fieldale	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	36.1%	7.5%
Average household size	2.92	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	35
Median year structure built	1944	1979