Ringwood is a northwest suburban village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It is a commuter village, another city part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 844 at the 2020 census.
Development
The Ringwood post office was established in 1845 to provide post office boxes for local industrial firms and residents located on the far northern edge of McHenry. The small village was platted in 1854, allowing the installation of roads, infrastructure, public amenities and allowing residents to legally own plots of land for agricultural use, and the construction of homes and businesses. In an attempt to maintain its small-town environment, Ringwood was incorporated as a Village on November 15, 1994. By 2018, the Village of Ringwood had two paid staff, plus contracted services including building inspection, and an unsalaried Board of Trustees.
Geography
Ringwood is located in northeastern McHenry County and is bordered by the larger village of Johnsburg to the southeast. The village of Wonder Lake is to the southwest.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ringwood has a total area of , all land. A remaining freight track exists between Ringwood's Dow Chemical plant at Barnard Mill Road and McHenry station.
Demographics
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Ringwood village, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|464
|789
|style='background: #ffffe6; |741
|98.51%
|94.38%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |87.80%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|1
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12
|0.21%
|0.84%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.42%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|3
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6
|0.64%
|0.24%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.71%
|-
|Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|1
|12
|style='background: #ffffe6; |39
|0.21%
|1.44%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.62%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|2
|25
|style='background: #ffffe6; |46
|0.42%
|2.99%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.45%
|-
|Total
|471
|836
|style='background: #ffffe6; |844
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 836 people. The population density was . There were 297 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 96.2% White, 0.8% African American, 0.2% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3% of the population.
The median income for a household in the village was $90,250, and the median income for a family was $91,389. Males had a median income of $91,250 versus $37,500 for females. The per capita income for the village was $35,151. About 9.4% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.0% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.