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Ridgely, TN

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Overview


Ridgely is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,672 people and just one neighborhood, Ridgely is the 238th largest community in Tennessee.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ridgely is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.41% 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 sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ridgely who work in sales jobs (9.70%), law enforcement and fire fighting (9.31%), and food service (8.91%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Being a small town, Ridgely does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Ridgely rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.48% of adults 25 and older in Ridgely 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 Ridgely in 2018 was $18,396, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,584 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 37.25% 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 Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 23 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this 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 90.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 41.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 90.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 38.9% 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 30.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.8%), and 16.4% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Ridgely, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (10.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.0%), and residents who report English roots (3.6%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (2.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.9%) 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 (15.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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