What is the population of Ridgefield city?

Ridgefield city has 12,576 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #108 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Ridgefield city?

Median household income in Ridgefield city is $117,550 a year, 49.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $2,324 a month and the median home value is $590,200, so rent absorbs about 23.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ridgefield city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ridgefield, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ridgefield, Washington (Ridgefield, WA — Census place “Ridgefield city”) is 12,576 residents, ranking #108 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $117,550, the median home is worth $590,200 and median gross rent runs $2,324 a month. Looking for the Ridgefield Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ridgefield, WA: 98642.

Population: 12,576Ridgefield city residents
Median household income: $117,550Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $590,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,324Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 83.3%Owner-occupied households

Ridgefield ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ridgefield.

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

98642

What the numbers mean in Ridgefield city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ridgefield city median would spend about 23.7% 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 5.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6% of residents and 83.3% of households own their home.

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

Ridgefield city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ridgefield city is a mid-size town in Washington, with 12,576 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #108 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 83% of them. The median age here is 34.9 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 Ridgefield city earn a median of $117,550 a year, 49.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 30% above the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ridgefield city is valued at $590,200, 94.5% above the national figure and 26% above the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,324 a month, 65.3% above the national figure, or roughly $27,888 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.7% 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 5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 83.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Ridgefield city?: Ridgefield city has 12,576 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #108 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Ridgefield city?: Median household income in Ridgefield city is $117,550 a year, 49.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ridgefield city?: Median gross rent is $2,324 a month and the median home value is $590,200, so rent absorbs about 23.7% of median household income.
Is Ridgefield city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ridgefield city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ridgefield 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.