PlainZIP

Ridgway, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ridgway, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,230. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet RIDGWAY-IL · Ridgway, IL 1 ZIPs · 1,230 pop · #21578/25278 · Gallatin County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $50,625
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21578/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Shawneetown
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 83% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,230
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $84,900

Nearest income peer: Shawneetown, IL ( $337 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Ridgway

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Ridgway on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Ridgway, IL sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

15th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,230
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$50,625
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($50,625 average) · poverty 8.0%. The primary code (62979) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Ridgway as a pure owner town.

Within Illinois, Galesburg is the closest lower-income city and Johnston City the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Ridgway.

Population concentration

Ridgway's single ZIP 62979 carries the town

Ridgway is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 62979 is the entire residential footprint (1,230 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Ridgway's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 34 establishments, 198 employees , annual payroll $8,202k (~28 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 62979 (34 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (9) · also Retail trade · Finance and insurance .

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ZIP Codes in Ridgway, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Gallatin County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Ridgway. See the Gallatin County roll-up →

Ridgway sits in the lower half of Gallatin County on income: Equality, Omaha and Junction report more, and only New Haven reports less. Omaha marks the far end of that range at $107,750, 113% above Ridgway.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
62979 1,230 $50,625 34 6
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Ridgway roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Ridgway, .