Barneveld vs Ridgeway

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

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

Barneveld has the higher population (1,485 vs 599 in Ridgeway). Barneveld has the higher median household income ($112,375 vs $71,563 in Ridgeway). Barneveld has the higher median home value ($264,400 vs $175,500 in Ridgeway).

Population, income & housing

	Barneveld	Ridgeway
Population	1,485	599
Median age	34.6 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$112,375	$71,563
Median home value	$264,400	$175,500
Median gross rent	$892	$903
Housing units	516	254
Homeownership rate	77.7%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barneveld	Ridgeway
Population	1,235 → 1,485 (+20.2%)	664 → 599 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$84,028 → $112,375 (+33.7%)	$59,861 → $71,563 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$184,500 → $264,400 (+43.3%)	$140,200 → $175,500 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $892 (-1.4%)	$800 → $903 (+12.9%)

Barneveld

Population

1,2351,485

Median household income

$84,028$112,375

Median home value

$184,500$264,400

Median gross rent

$905$892

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)

	Barneveld	Ridgeway
Under 5	5.5%	7.7%
5 to 17	26.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.9%
35 to 44	17.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	17.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.1%	6.2%
75 and over	3.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barneveld	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	89.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	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	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	9.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barneveld	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	1.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	25.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barneveld	Ridgeway
Drove alone	80.7%	82.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barneveld	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	80.6%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Barneveld	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	3.8%	17.2%
Average household size	2.96	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1987	1979