Ridgeley vs Wiley Ford

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

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

Wiley Ford has the higher population (588 vs 304 in Ridgeley). Wiley Ford has the higher median household income ($89,514 vs $51,667 in Ridgeley). Wiley Ford has the higher median home value ($192,900 vs $138,100 in Ridgeley).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgeley	Wiley Ford
Population	304	588
Median age	41.7 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$89,514
Median home value	$138,100	$192,900
Median gross rent	$890	—
Housing units	242	373
Homeownership rate	80.9%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgeley	Wiley Ford
Population	657 → 304 (-53.7%)	852 → 588 (-31.0%)
Median household income	$30,893 → $51,667 (+67.2%)	$33,542 → $89,514 (+166.9%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $138,100 (+82.4%)	$85,000 → $192,900 (+126.9%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $890 (+40.6%)	$813 → $952 (+17.1%)

Ridgeley

Population

657304

Median household income

$30,893$51,667

Median home value

$75,700$138,100

Median gross rent

$633$890

Wiley Ford

Population

852588

Median household income

$33,542$89,514

Median home value

$85,000$192,900

Median gross rent

$813$952

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgeley	Wiley Ford
Under 5	13.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	9.5%	27.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	7.5%
45 to 54	6.6%	23.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	4.6%
65 to 74	7.6%	10.9%
75 and over	19.1%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgeley	Wiley Ford
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	95.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgeley	Wiley Ford
No high school diploma	10.2%	8.5%
High school graduate	42.1%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgeley	Wiley Ford
Drove alone	76.1%	68.4%
Carpooled	14.5%	23.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgeley	Wiley Ford
1-unit, detached	58.7%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	30.2%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Ridgeley	Wiley Ford
Poverty rate	11.2%	21.9%
Average household size	1.88	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1946	1976