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Ridgely, TN

1,796 Population
2 square miles 905.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lake County: 42.8 ±1.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,324 ±$2,911 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lake County: $16,062 † ±$2,293
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$24,390 ±$6,136 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lake County: $28,814 † ±$6,937
  • about one-third of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

43.6% ±9.7% (738  ±194) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lake County: 32.2% † 1,420 (±5.6% / ±248)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.6 minutes ±2.4 (10,365  ±2,773) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 21.2 34,100 (±1.9 / ±4,969)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

785 ±143 Number of households
  • Lake County: 2,067 ±121
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.5 (1,717  ±239) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 2.2 4,435 (±0.1 / ±82)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.9% ±6.7% (40  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lake County: 7.8% † 75 (±5.1% / ±49)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

839 ±141 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 2,494 ±38
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$83,300 ±$6,688 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lake County: $97,900 ±$9,427
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

27.5% ±8.3% (481  ±158.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 16.8% † 1,096 (±3.4% / ±221.5)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

65.9% ±2.6% (766  ±126.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 73% 3,764 (±5.4% / ±292.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.1% ±4.4% (141  ±56.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lake County: 9.4% † 485 (±2.4% / ±123.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2% ±1.5% (35  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Lake County: 2% 131
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.6% ±1.8% (33  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lake County: 5.9% † 328 (±1.7% / ±93)
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
33 Total veterans ±24 27 Male ±19 6 Female ±9

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