Arena vs Ridgeway

A side-by-side comparison of Arena and Ridgeway: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arena has the higher population (886 vs 599 in Ridgeway). Ridgeway has the higher median household income ($71,563 vs $67,917 in Arena). Arena has the higher median home value ($190,000 vs $175,500 in Ridgeway).

Population, income & housing

	Arena	Ridgeway
Population	886	599
Median age	37.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$71,563
Median home value	$190,000	$175,500
Median gross rent	$955	$903
Housing units	389	254
Homeownership rate	79.1%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arena	Ridgeway
Population	820 → 886 (+8.0%)	664 → 599 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$55,104 → $67,917 (+23.3%)	$59,861 → $71,563 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$153,700 → $190,000 (+23.6%)	$140,200 → $175,500 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $955 (+25.2%)	$800 → $903 (+12.9%)

Arena

Population

820886

Median household income

$55,104$67,917

Median home value

$153,700$190,000

Median gross rent

$763$955

Ridgeway

Population

664599

Median household income

$59,861$71,563

Median home value

$140,200$175,500

Median gross rent

$800$903

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arena	Ridgeway
Under 5	4.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	22.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	3.8%	4.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	17.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	15.1%	6.2%
75 and over	1.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arena	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arena	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.4%
High school graduate	37.8%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arena	Ridgeway
Drove alone	73.8%	82.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	8.6%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arena	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	70.7%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	6.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Arena	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	2.7%	17.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1993	1979