Elk Garden vs Ridgeley

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

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

Ridgeley has the higher population (304 vs 195 in Elk Garden). Elk Garden has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $51,667 in Ridgeley). Ridgeley has the higher median home value ($138,100 vs $81,800 in Elk Garden).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Garden	Ridgeley
Population	195	304
Median age	33.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$51,667
Median home value	$81,800	$138,100
Median gross rent	—	$890
Housing units	76	242
Homeownership rate	86.4%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Garden	Ridgeley
Population	185 → 195 (+5.4%)	657 → 304 (-53.7%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $58,750 (+70.9%)	$30,893 → $51,667 (+67.2%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $81,800 (+0.5%)	$75,700 → $138,100 (+82.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$633 → $890 (+40.6%)

Elk Garden

Population

185195

Median household income

$34,375$58,750

Median home value

$81,400$81,800

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)

	Elk Garden	Ridgeley
Under 5	7.7%	13.2%
5 to 17	28.2%	9.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	13.8%	6.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	3.1%	7.6%
75 and over	1.5%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Garden	Ridgeley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Garden	Ridgeley
No high school diploma	14.9%	10.2%
High school graduate	71.1%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	10.5%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Garden	Ridgeley
Drove alone	53.8%	76.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	14.5%
Public transit	23.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Garden	Ridgeley
1-unit, detached	80.3%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elk Garden	Ridgeley
Poverty rate	1.5%	11.2%
Average household size	3.31	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	57	16
Median year structure built	1978	1946