Piedmont vs Ridgeley

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

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

Piedmont has the higher population (872 vs 304 in Ridgeley). Ridgeley has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $44,792 in Piedmont). Ridgeley has the higher median home value ($138,100 vs $44,500 in Piedmont).

Population, income & housing

	Piedmont	Ridgeley
Population	872	304
Median age	44.7 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,792	$51,667
Median home value	$44,500	$138,100
Median gross rent	$489	$890
Housing units	455	242
Homeownership rate	66.1%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piedmont	Ridgeley
Population	778 → 872 (+12.1%)	657 → 304 (-53.7%)
Median household income	$34,737 → $44,792 (+28.9%)	$30,893 → $51,667 (+67.2%)
Median home value	$47,700 → $44,500 (-6.7%)	$75,700 → $138,100 (+82.4%)
Median gross rent	$457 → $489 (+7.0%)	$633 → $890 (+40.6%)

Piedmont

Population

778872

Median household income

$34,737$44,792

Median home value

$47,700$44,500

Median gross rent

$457$489

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)

	Piedmont	Ridgeley
Under 5	1.1%	13.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	9.5%
18 to 24	12.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	4.1%	15.1%
35 to 44	19.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	21.6%	6.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.6%
75 and over	4.4%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piedmont	Ridgeley
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	96.1%
Black or African American	20.3%	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	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piedmont	Ridgeley
No high school diploma	9.7%	10.2%
High school graduate	60.0%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piedmont	Ridgeley
Drove alone	83.4%	76.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	14.5%
Public transit	6.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piedmont	Ridgeley
1-unit, detached	70.5%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	2.9%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Piedmont	Ridgeley
Poverty rate	18.6%	11.2%
Average household size	2.71	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	27	16
Median year structure built	1938	1946