Avoca vs Ridgeway

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

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

Ridgeway has the higher population (599 vs 467 in Avoca). Ridgeway has the higher median household income ($71,563 vs $54,500 in Avoca). Ridgeway has the higher median home value ($175,500 vs $95,000 in Avoca).

Population, income & housing

	Avoca	Ridgeway
Population	467	599
Median age	45.6 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,500	$71,563
Median home value	$95,000	$175,500
Median gross rent	$829	$903
Housing units	244	254
Homeownership rate	79.6%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoca	Ridgeway
Population	683 → 467 (-31.6%)	664 → 599 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$41,838 → $54,500 (+30.3%)	$59,861 → $71,563 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $95,000 (+32.9%)	$140,200 → $175,500 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $829 (+18.6%)	$800 → $903 (+12.9%)

Avoca

Population

683467

Median household income

$41,838$54,500

Median home value

$71,500$95,000

Median gross rent

$699$829

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)

	Avoca	Ridgeway
Under 5	7.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	18.0%	17.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.2%
75 and over	6.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoca	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	89.3%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoca	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	10.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	55.8%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoca	Ridgeway
Drove alone	73.6%	82.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	7.2%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	8.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoca	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	66.0%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Avoca	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	22.3%	17.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1972	1979