Horse Pasture vs Ridgeway

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

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

Horse Pasture has the higher population (2,193 vs 1,082 in Ridgeway). Ridgeway has the higher median household income ($60,938 vs $57,637 in Horse Pasture). Ridgeway has the higher median home value ($147,400 vs $119,200 in Horse Pasture).

Population, income & housing

	Horse Pasture	Ridgeway
Population	2,193	1,082
Median age	54.5 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,637	$60,938
Median home value	$119,200	$147,400
Median gross rent	$890	$745
Housing units	922	370
Homeownership rate	81.0%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horse Pasture	Ridgeway
Population	2,080 → 2,193 (+5.4%)	922 → 1,082 (+17.4%)
Median household income	$32,388 → $57,637 (+78.0%)	$32,321 → $60,938 (+88.5%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $119,200 (+31.3%)	$104,400 → $147,400 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $890 (+45.4%)	$571 → $745 (+30.5%)

Horse Pasture

Population

2,0802,193

Median household income

$32,388$57,637

Median home value

$90,800$119,200

Median gross rent

$612$890

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)

	Horse Pasture	Ridgeway
Under 5	5.7%	14.1%
5 to 17	12.9%	23.2%
18 to 24	1.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	5.4%
35 to 44	7.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	17.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	14.2%	8.3%
75 and over	17.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horse Pasture	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	54.2%
Black or African American	31.2%	39.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horse Pasture	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	8.1%	12.5%
High school graduate	35.4%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horse Pasture	Ridgeway
Drove alone	90.7%	85.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	10.0%
Other means	2.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horse Pasture	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	76.7%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Horse Pasture	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	20.5%	7.5%
Average household size	2.60	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	35
Median year structure built	1970	1979