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Ridgely, MD

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Overview


Ridgely is a very small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 1,605 people and just one neighborhood, Ridgely is the 210th largest community in Maryland.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Ridgely isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ridgely are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ridgely is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Ridgely who work in management occupations (13.42%), office and administrative support (12.14%), and food service (10.50%).

Also of interest is that Ridgely has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Ridgely is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ridgely, the average commute to work is 31.80 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Ridgely is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Ridgely with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.05% of adults in Ridgely have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ridgely in 2018 was $30,989, which is low income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,956 for a family of four. However, Ridgely contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ridgely is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ridgely home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ridgely residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ridgely also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.65% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ridgely include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Ridgely is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Ridgely are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.5% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 66.4% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 39.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.4%), and 14.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Ridgely, MD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.7%), and residents who report English roots (6.3%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.9%), along with some Swedish ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (31.8% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (81.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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