Minnehaha vs Ridgefield

A side-by-side comparison of Minnehaha and Ridgefield: population, income, housing, and more.

Minnehaha and Ridgefield are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ridgefield has the higher population (12,576 vs 12,080 in Minnehaha). Ridgefield has the higher median household income ($117,550 vs $108,203 in Minnehaha). Ridgefield has the higher median home value ($590,200 vs $421,200 in Minnehaha).

Population, income & housing

	Minnehaha	Ridgefield
Population	12,080	12,576
Median age	37.7 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$108,203	$117,550
Median home value	$421,200	$590,200
Median gross rent	$1,597	$2,324
Housing units	4,818	4,407
Homeownership rate	74.3%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minnehaha	Ridgefield
Population	12,353 → 12,080 (-2.2%)	7,767 → 12,576 (+61.9%)
Median household income	$84,568 → $108,203 (+27.9%)	$96,836 → $117,550 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$282,000 → $421,200 (+49.4%)	$398,600 → $590,200 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,503 → $1,597 (+6.3%)	$1,746 → $2,324 (+33.1%)

Minnehaha

Population

12,35312,080

Median household income

$84,568$108,203

Median home value

$282,000$421,200

Median gross rent

$1,503$1,597

Ridgefield

Population

7,76712,576

Median household income

$96,836$117,550

Median home value

$398,600$590,200

Median gross rent

$1,746$2,324

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Minnehaha	Ridgefield
Under 5	4.8%	9.8%
5 to 17	19.2%	20.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	16.2%	15.6%
35 to 44	16.9%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.9%
75 and over	5.8%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minnehaha	Ridgefield
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	79.9%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	4.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.6%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minnehaha	Ridgefield
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.3%
High school graduate	24.3%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minnehaha	Ridgefield
Drove alone	76.7%	73.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	8.6%
Public transit	1.3%	0.9%
Walked	1.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minnehaha	Ridgefield
1-unit, detached	75.0%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	6.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Minnehaha	Ridgefield
Poverty rate	4.2%	6.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1996	2011