Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Ridge is worth considering.
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.
