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!) High Ridge 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. High Ridge has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in High Ridge than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, High Ridge may be for you.
In terms of college education, the citizens of High Ridge rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.15% of adults 25 and older in High Ridge 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 High Ridge in 2018 was $32,194, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,776 for a family of four. However, High Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call High Ridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of High Ridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in High Ridge include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in High Ridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
