Alaska · Census place 65345
Ridgeway, AK population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Ridgeway, Alaska (Ridgeway, AK — Census place “Ridgeway CDP”) is 2,174 residents, ranking #46 of 355 places in Alaska. Median household income is $95,000, the median home is worth $305,000 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Ridgeway Alaska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ridgeway, AK: 99669.
- Population
- 2,174Ridgeway CDP residents
- Median household income
- $95,000Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $305,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 54 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 72.7%Owner-occupied households
Ridgeway ZIP codes (Alaska)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ridgeway.
The Ridgeway AK ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Ridgeway CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.4% of residents and 72.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Ridgeway CDP, AK in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Ridgeway CDP is a small town in Alaska, with 2,174 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #46 of 355 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 54 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Ridgeway CDP earn a median of $95,000 a year, 21% above the national figure of $78,538 and 17% above the $81,250 median for the 73 Alaska cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 9.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Ridgeway CDP is valued at $305,000, essentially level with the national figure and within a couple of points of the $305,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
A median age of 54 puts Ridgeway CDP well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.
The Census withheld gross rent for Ridgeway CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Alaska.
- Wrangell city and borough 2,106
- Anchor Point CDP 2,291
- Dillingham city 2,084
- Cordova city 2,405
- Deltana CDP 2,064
- Fritz Creek CDP 2,432
- North Pole city 2,663
- Kodiak Station CDP 1,941
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Ridgeway CDP?
- Ridgeway CDP has 2,174 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #46 of 355 in Alaska.
- What is the median household income in Ridgeway CDP?
- Median household income in Ridgeway CDP is $95,000 a year, 21% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ridgeway CDP?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $305,000.
- Is Ridgeway CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ridgeway CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Ridgeway CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.