Cobb vs Ridgeway

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

Cobb 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 373 in Cobb). Cobb has the higher median household income ($76,354 vs $71,563 in Ridgeway). Ridgeway has the higher median home value ($175,500 vs $150,800 in Cobb).

Population, income & housing

	Cobb	Ridgeway
Population	373	599
Median age	43.8 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,354	$71,563
Median home value	$150,800	$175,500
Median gross rent	$1,063	$903
Housing units	201	254
Homeownership rate	87.4%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cobb	Ridgeway
Population	473 → 373 (-21.1%)	664 → 599 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$54,063 → $76,354 (+41.2%)	$59,861 → $71,563 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$121,800 → $150,800 (+23.8%)	$140,200 → $175,500 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $1,063 (+51.9%)	$800 → $903 (+12.9%)

Cobb

Population

473373

Median household income

$54,063$76,354

Median home value

$121,800$150,800

Median gross rent

$700$1,063

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)

	Cobb	Ridgeway
Under 5	2.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	17.2%
55 to 64	23.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	6.2%
75 and over	4.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cobb	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cobb	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	2.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	32.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cobb	Ridgeway
Drove alone	87.0%	82.2%
Carpooled	2.8%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	8.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cobb	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	90.5%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Cobb	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	17.4%	17.2%
Average household size	2.12	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1958	1979