Ridgely is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,613 people and just one neighborhood, Ridgely is the 238th largest community in Tennessee.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ridgely is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.18% of the Ridgely workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ridgely is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ridgely who work in food service (8.61%), law enforcement and fire fighting (8.19%), and healthcare suport services (7.98%).
As is often the case in a small town, Ridgely doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Ridgely with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.01% of adults in Ridgely have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ridgely in 2022 was $17,923, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,692 for a family of four. However, Ridgely contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ridgely also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 41.60% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Ridgely is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ridgely home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ridgely residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ridgely include Irish, German, English, European, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Ridgely is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 95.6% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 12.6% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 95.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 94.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Ridgely are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 44.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 36.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 33.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (17.2%), and 12.6% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Ridgely, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (8.8%), and residents who report Mexican roots (5.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (3.6%).
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.3%) 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 (18.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.