Dry Ridge is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 2,199 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dry Ridge is the 189th largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dry Ridge is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dry Ridge is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dry Ridge who work in management occupations (11.31%), maintenance occupations (9.44%), and food service (9.34%). Dry Ridge is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Dry Ridge is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.19% of adults 25 and older in Dry Ridge have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Dry Ridge in 2022 was $29,465, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,860 for a family of four. However, Dry Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Dry Ridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dry Ridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dry Ridge include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Swiss. The most common language spoken in Dry Ridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Chinese.
