Carpendale vs Ridgeley

A side-by-side comparison of Carpendale and Ridgeley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carpendale has the higher population (1,053 vs 304 in Ridgeley). Carpendale has the higher median household income ($59,679 vs $51,667 in Ridgeley). Carpendale has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $138,100 in Ridgeley).

Population, income & housing

	Carpendale	Ridgeley
Population	1,053	304
Median age	45.6 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,679	$51,667
Median home value	$169,200	$138,100
Median gross rent	$709	$890
Housing units	428	242
Homeownership rate	85.3%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpendale	Ridgeley
Population	748 → 1,053 (+40.8%)	657 → 304 (-53.7%)
Median household income	$62,750 → $59,679 (-4.9%)	$30,893 → $51,667 (+67.2%)
Median home value	$118,500 → $169,200 (+42.8%)	$75,700 → $138,100 (+82.4%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $709 (-17.6%)	$633 → $890 (+40.6%)

Carpendale

Population

7481,053

Median household income

$62,750$59,679

Median home value

$118,500$169,200

Median gross rent

$860$709

Ridgeley

Population

657304

Median household income

$30,893$51,667

Median home value

$75,700$138,100

Median gross rent

$633$890

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpendale	Ridgeley
Under 5	4.8%	13.2%
5 to 17	10.7%	9.5%
18 to 24	2.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	14.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	17.2%	6.6%
55 to 64	16.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.6%
75 and over	8.2%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpendale	Ridgeley
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.0%
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%	3.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpendale	Ridgeley
No high school diploma	2.4%	10.2%
High school graduate	55.0%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpendale	Ridgeley
Drove alone	81.7%	76.1%
Carpooled	2.3%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	1.4%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpendale	Ridgeley
1-unit, detached	85.0%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carpendale	Ridgeley
Poverty rate	10.9%	11.2%
Average household size	2.62	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1973	1946