It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ringgold has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ringgold has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ringgold than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ringgold may be for you.
Being a small town, Ringgold does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Ringgold rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.25% of adults 25 and older in Ringgold have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Ringgold in 2018 was $28,237, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $112,948 for a family of four. However, Ringgold contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ringgold is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ringgold home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ringgold residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ringgold include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Ringgold is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
