It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ridgeway has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ridgeway has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ridgeway than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ridgeway may be for you.
One downside of living in Ridgeway, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.38 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Ridgeway does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Ridgeway who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.35% of the adults in Ridgeway have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ridgeway in 2022 was $21,476, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,904 for a family of four. However, Ridgeway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ridgeway is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ridgeway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ridgeway residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ridgeway include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Ridgeway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
