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Ridgeland, WI

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Overview


Ridgeland is a tiny village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 263 people and just one neighborhood, Ridgeland is the 491st largest community in Wisconsin.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ridgeland is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.43% of the Ridgeland workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ridgeland is a village of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ridgeland who work in sales jobs (16.16%), office and administrative support (11.11%), and food service (8.08%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Ridgeland’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

The village 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, Ridgeland has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ridgeland a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

As is often the case in a small village, Ridgeland doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

Ridgeland ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.81% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Ridgeland in 2018 was $23,480, which is low income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,920 for a family of four. However, Ridgeland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Ridgeland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ridgeland residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Ridgeland include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Ridgeland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Scandinavian languages.

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.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 16 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.7% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 26.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 41.3% have German ancestry.

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 Ridgeland are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 51.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 35.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.3%), and 13.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.9% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.0%).

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 Ridgeland, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (41.3%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (26.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.3%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.0%), along with some French ancestry residents (3.6%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.2% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (79.3%) 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 (7.8%) . 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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