Fort Ashby vs Ridgeley

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

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

Fort Ashby has the higher population (1,011 vs 304 in Ridgeley). Fort Ashby has the higher median home value ($215,400 vs $138,100 in Ridgeley). Since 2019, Fort Ashby's population has grown faster (-26.2% vs -53.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Ashby	Ridgeley
Population	1,011	304
Median age	51.2 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$51,667
Median home value	$215,400	$138,100
Median gross rent	$905	$890
Housing units	557	242
Homeownership rate	82.8%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Ashby	Ridgeley
Population	1,369 → 1,011 (-26.2%)	657 → 304 (-53.7%)
Median household income	$55,197 → $41,992 (-23.9%)	$30,893 → $51,667 (+67.2%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $215,400 (+42.5%)	$75,700 → $138,100 (+82.4%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $905 (+24.3%)	$633 → $890 (+40.6%)

Fort Ashby

Population

1,3691,011

Median household income

$55,197$41,992

Median home value

$151,200$215,400

Median gross rent

$728$905

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)

	Fort Ashby	Ridgeley
Under 5	4.6%	13.2%
5 to 17	9.2%	9.5%
18 to 24	14.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.7%	15.1%
35 to 44	3.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	16.7%	6.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.6%
75 and over	20.7%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Ashby	Ridgeley
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	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	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Ashby	Ridgeley
No high school diploma	8.9%	10.2%
High school graduate	57.6%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Ashby	Ridgeley
Drove alone	94.5%	76.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Ashby	Ridgeley
1-unit, detached	70.0%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Ashby	Ridgeley
Poverty rate	20.4%	11.2%
Average household size	2.12	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1976	1946