What is the population of Ridgeland city?

Ridgeland city has 24,548 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #17 of 427 in Mississippi.

What is the median household income in Ridgeland city?

Median household income in Ridgeland city is $63,470 a year, 19.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ridgeland city?

Median gross rent is $1,204 a month and the median home value is $259,600, so rent absorbs about 22.8% of median household income.

Is Ridgeland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ridgeland city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ridgeland, MS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ridgeland, Mississippi (Ridgeland, MS — Census place “Ridgeland city”) is 24,548 residents, ranking #17 of 427 places in Mississippi. Median household income is $63,470, the median home is worth $259,600 and median gross rent runs $1,204 a month. Looking for the Ridgeland Mississippi ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ridgeland, MS: 39157.

Population: 24,548Ridgeland city residents
Median household income: $63,470Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $259,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,204Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 47.8%Owner-occupied households

Ridgeland ZIP codes (Mississippi)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ridgeland.

The Ridgeland MS ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

39157

What the numbers mean in Ridgeland city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ridgeland city median would spend about 22.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.1% of residents and 47.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Ridgeland city, MS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ridgeland city is a mid-size town in Mississippi, with 24,548 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #17 of 427 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 35.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Ridgeland city earn a median of $63,470 a year, 19.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 44% above the $44,178 median for the 191 Mississippi cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 10.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ridgeland city is valued at $259,600, 14.4% below the national figure and 114% above the $121,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,204 a month, 14.4% below the national figure, or roughly $14,448 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 47.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Ridgeland city?: Ridgeland city has 24,548 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #17 of 427 in Mississippi.
What is the median household income in Ridgeland city?: Median household income in Ridgeland city is $63,470 a year, 19.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ridgeland city?: Median gross rent is $1,204 a month and the median home value is $259,600, so rent absorbs about 22.8% of median household income.
Is Ridgeland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ridgeland city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ridgeland city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.