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Ridgeway, VA
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Ridgeway profile


Living in Ridgeway


Ridgeway is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 733 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ridgeway is the 311th largest community in Virginia.

Also of interest is that Ridgeway has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.20% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

One downside of living in Ridgeway, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.97 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small town, Ridgeway does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Ridgeway are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.18% of adults in Ridgeway having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ridgeway in 2022 was $28,795, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $115,180 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, German, Irish, Italian, and Scots-Irish.

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