Ridgeland vs Tainter Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Ridgeland and Tainter Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tainter Lake has the higher population (2,753 vs 288 in Ridgeland). Tainter Lake has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $37,813 in Ridgeland). Tainter Lake has the higher median home value ($275,600 vs $114,000 in Ridgeland).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgeland	Tainter Lake
Population	288	2,753
Median age	46.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,813	$96,250
Median home value	$114,000	$275,600
Median gross rent	$575	$883
Housing units	161	1,264
Homeownership rate	54.7%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgeland	Tainter Lake
Population	259 → 288 (+11.2%)	2,494 → 2,753 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$33,875 → $37,813 (+11.6%)	$82,786 → $96,250 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $114,000 (+57.2%)	$197,800 → $275,600 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $575 (-1.4%)	$957 → $883 (-7.7%)

Ridgeland

Population

259288

Median household income

$33,875$37,813

Median home value

$72,500$114,000

Median gross rent

$583$575

Tainter Lake

Population

2,4942,753

Median household income

$82,786$96,250

Median home value

$197,800$275,600

Median gross rent

$957$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgeland	Tainter Lake
Under 5	6.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	21.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	8.7%
35 to 44	8.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	18.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.6%
75 and over	8.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgeland	Tainter Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgeland	Tainter Lake
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	54.8%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgeland	Tainter Lake
Drove alone	83.9%	86.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	9.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgeland	Tainter Lake
1-unit, detached	62.7%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	2.8%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Ridgeland	Tainter Lake
Poverty rate	20.1%	7.7%
Average household size	1.92	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1962	1983