High Ridge is a very small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 4,242 people and three associated neighborhoods, High Ridge is the 164th largest community in Missouri.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, High Ridge is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, High Ridge is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in High Ridge who work in office and administrative support (12.85%), sales jobs (11.94%), and food service (11.94%). Also of interest is that High Ridge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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. High Ridge 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.The percentage of people in High Ridge with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.66% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in High Ridge in 2022 was $34,506, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,024 for a family of four. However, High Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. High Ridge is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. 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 Spanish and Italian.
