Linden vs Ridgeway

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

Linden 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 539 in Linden). Ridgeway has the higher median household income ($71,563 vs $61,406 in Linden). Ridgeway has the higher median home value ($175,500 vs $161,100 in Linden).

Population, income & housing

	Linden	Ridgeway
Population	539	599
Median age	35.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,406	$71,563
Median home value	$161,100	$175,500
Median gross rent	$446	$903
Housing units	259	254
Homeownership rate	82.1%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linden	Ridgeway
Population	512 → 539 (+5.3%)	664 → 599 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$49,464 → $61,406 (+24.1%)	$59,861 → $71,563 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $161,100 (+45.4%)	$140,200 → $175,500 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$329 → $446 (+35.6%)	$800 → $903 (+12.9%)

Linden

Population

512539

Median household income

$49,464$61,406

Median home value

$110,800$161,100

Median gross rent

$329$446

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)

	Linden	Ridgeway
Under 5	5.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.0%
25 to 34	17.6%	14.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	17.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	6.2%
75 and over	6.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linden	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	2.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linden	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	5.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	40.7%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linden	Ridgeway
Drove alone	82.4%	82.2%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linden	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	73.7%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Linden	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	9.1%	17.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1956	1979