Elk Mound vs Ridgeland

A side-by-side comparison of Elk Mound and Ridgeland: population, income, housing, and more.

Elk Mound and Ridgeland are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elk Mound has the higher population (1,103 vs 288 in Ridgeland). Elk Mound has the higher median household income ($62,167 vs $37,813 in Ridgeland). Elk Mound has the higher median home value ($142,500 vs $114,000 in Ridgeland).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Mound	Ridgeland
Population	1,103	288
Median age	32.1 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,167	$37,813
Median home value	$142,500	$114,000
Median gross rent	$984	$575
Housing units	387	161
Homeownership rate	50.5%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Mound	Ridgeland
Population	1,067 → 1,103 (+3.4%)	259 → 288 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$64,583 → $62,167 (-3.7%)	$33,875 → $37,813 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $142,500 (+18.1%)	$72,500 → $114,000 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $984 (+15.8%)	$583 → $575 (-1.4%)

Elk Mound

Population

1,0671,103

Median household income

$64,583$62,167

Median home value

$120,700$142,500

Median gross rent

$850$984

Ridgeland

Population

259288

Median household income

$33,875$37,813

Median home value

$72,500$114,000

Median gross rent

$583$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk Mound	Ridgeland
Under 5	5.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	25.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	13.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	8.4%	11.1%
35 to 44	20.4%	8.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	9.4%	18.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	13.5%
75 and over	3.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Mound	Ridgeland
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Mound	Ridgeland
No high school diploma	5.8%	4.3%
High school graduate	41.9%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Mound	Ridgeland
Drove alone	81.1%	83.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Mound	Ridgeland
1-unit, detached	41.3%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	25.8%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	12.4%
20 or more units	7.5%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Elk Mound	Ridgeland
Poverty rate	11.9%	20.1%
Average household size	2.93	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1977	1962