Ridgeway is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 739 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ridgeway is the 311th largest community in Virginia.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.57% 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, Ridgeway has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ridgeway a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Ridgeway, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.38 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Ridgeway 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.
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.