Ridge is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 13,271 people and four associated neighborhoods, Ridge is the 146th largest community in New York.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.18% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Ridge has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ridge a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Ridge, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.56 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
In terms of college education, Ridge is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.27% of adults in Ridge have a college degree.
The per capita income in Ridge in 2022 was $52,442, which is upper middle income relative to New York, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $209,768 for a family of four. However, Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ridge is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ridge include Italian, German, Irish, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Ridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.