About Rydal

Rydal is a very small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 2,986 people and just one neighborhood, Rydal is the 221st largest community in Georgia.

Rydal is a blue-collar town, with 42.4% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Rydal is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Rydal who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.73%), sales jobs (8.90%), and management occupations (5.25%).

One downside of living in Rydal, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.29 minutes every day commuting to work.

Rydal is a very car-oriented town. 99.72% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Rydal is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Rydal has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Rydal 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.

Rydal Information and Demographics

In Rydal, just 9.26% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Rydal in 2000 was $17,824, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $71,296 for a family of four.

The people who call Rydal home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Rydal is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rydal include English, German, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Rydal is English.