Mount Vista vs Ridgefield

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

Mount Vista 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 10,635 in Mount Vista). Ridgefield has the higher median household income ($117,550 vs $101,189 in Mount Vista). Ridgefield has the higher median home value ($590,200 vs $526,200 in Mount Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Vista	Ridgefield
Population	10,635	12,576
Median age	40.6 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,189	$117,550
Median home value	$526,200	$590,200
Median gross rent	$1,876	$2,324
Housing units	4,412	4,407
Homeownership rate	70.9%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Vista	Ridgefield
Population	9,544 → 10,635 (+11.4%)	7,767 → 12,576 (+61.9%)
Median household income	$84,901 → $101,189 (+19.2%)	$96,836 → $117,550 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$360,200 → $526,200 (+46.1%)	$398,600 → $590,200 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,539 → $1,876 (+21.9%)	$1,746 → $2,324 (+33.1%)

Mount Vista

Population

9,54410,635

Median household income

$84,901$101,189

Median home value

$360,200$526,200

Median gross rent

$1,539$1,876

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)

	Mount Vista	Ridgefield
Under 5	6.6%	9.8%
5 to 17	16.6%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.4%
45 to 54	16.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	9.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.9%
75 and over	10.3%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Vista	Ridgefield
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	79.9%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	5.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.9%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Vista	Ridgefield
No high school diploma	3.8%	3.3%
High school graduate	20.4%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Vista	Ridgefield
Drove alone	69.8%	73.1%
Carpooled	2.5%	8.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.9%
Walked	4.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	16.3%
Other means	2.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Vista	Ridgefield
1-unit, detached	58.3%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	11.7%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Vista	Ridgefield
Poverty rate	6.9%	6.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1998	2011