Ridgeland vs Rock Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Ridgeland and Rock Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ridgeland has the higher population (288 vs 184 in Rock Falls). Rock Falls has the higher median household income ($68,500 vs $37,813 in Ridgeland). Rock Falls has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $114,000 in Ridgeland).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgeland	Rock Falls
Population	288	184
Median age	46.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,813	$68,500
Median home value	$114,000	$165,000
Median gross rent	$575	$900
Housing units	161	88
Homeownership rate	54.7%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgeland	Rock Falls
Population	259 → 288 (+11.2%)	167 → 184 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$33,875 → $37,813 (+11.6%)	$55,625 → $68,500 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $114,000 (+57.2%)	$128,600 → $165,000 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $575 (-1.4%)	$917 → $900 (-1.9%)

Ridgeland

Population

259288

Median household income

$33,875$37,813

Median home value

$72,500$114,000

Median gross rent

$583$575

Rock Falls

Population

167184

Median household income

$55,625$68,500

Median home value

$128,600$165,000

Median gross rent

$917$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgeland	Rock Falls
Under 5	6.6%	8.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	20.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	14.1%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	18.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.5%
75 and over	8.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgeland	Rock Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgeland	Rock Falls
No high school diploma	4.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	54.8%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgeland	Rock Falls
Drove alone	83.9%	65.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	23.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgeland	Rock Falls
1-unit, detached	62.7%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridgeland	Rock Falls
Poverty rate	20.1%	4.9%
Average household size	1.92	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1962	1961