Ridgeway vs Stanleytown

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

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

Stanleytown has the higher population (1,323 vs 1,082 in Ridgeway). Ridgeway has the higher median household income ($60,938 vs $43,611 in Stanleytown). Stanleytown has the higher median home value ($155,100 vs $147,400 in Ridgeway).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgeway	Stanleytown
Population	1,082	1,323
Median age	35.4 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,938	$43,611
Median home value	$147,400	$155,100
Median gross rent	$745	$615
Housing units	370	909
Homeownership rate	79.7%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgeway	Stanleytown
Population	922 → 1,082 (+17.4%)	1,379 → 1,323 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$32,321 → $60,938 (+88.5%)	$41,250 → $43,611 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$104,400 → $147,400 (+41.2%)	$102,300 → $155,100 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$571 → $745 (+30.5%)	$580 → $615 (+6.0%)

Ridgeway

Population

9221,082

Median household income

$32,321$60,938

Median home value

$104,400$147,400

Median gross rent

$571$745

Stanleytown

Population

1,3791,323

Median household income

$41,250$43,611

Median home value

$102,300$155,100

Median gross rent

$580$615

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgeway	Stanleytown
Under 5	14.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.2%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	5.4%	4.0%
35 to 44	14.9%	23.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	15.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.8%
75 and over	5.9%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgeway	Stanleytown
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	88.7%
Black or African American	39.3%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgeway	Stanleytown
No high school diploma	12.5%	19.4%
High school graduate	26.6%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgeway	Stanleytown
Drove alone	85.6%	67.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	24.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	5.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgeway	Stanleytown
1-unit, detached	77.3%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	24.2%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Ridgeway	Stanleytown
Poverty rate	7.5%	7.9%
Average household size	3.59	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	35	20
Median year structure built	1979	1968