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Ridgeway town, Orleans County, NY

6,543 Population
50 square miles 130.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Orleans County: 43.6 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,477 ±$3,131 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Orleans County: $34,352 ±$1,649
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$69,500 ±$13,241 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Orleans County: $63,838 ±$3,328
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

9.6% ±3.4% (624  ±222) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Orleans County: 13% † 4,948 (±1.9% / ±701)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

25 minutes ±3.4 (68,980  ±11,512) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Orleans County: 26.5 414,925 (±1.2 / ±24,829)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

2,708 ±196 Number of households
  • Orleans County: 16,208 ±289
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.2 (6,424  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Orleans County: 2.3 37,456 (±0 / ±103)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

0.9% ±1.6% (11  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Orleans County: 3.5% † 281 (±1.2% / ±95)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

2,925 ±222 Number of housing units
  • Orleans County: 18,275 ±77
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$145,200 ±$18,532 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Orleans County: $126,200 ±$6,052
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

6.3% ±3.5% (413  ±231.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Orleans County: 8.1% † 3,177 (±1.2% / ±488.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

81.3% ±7.9% (3,817  ±401.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Orleans County: 86.7% 25,283 (±3.1% / ±901)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
19.4% ±3.7% (913  ±176.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Orleans County: 17.5% 5,102 (±1.3% / ±389.6)
  • about half the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

3.6% ±2% (237  ±131) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Orleans County: 3% 1,199
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

5.1% ±2.4% (262  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Orleans County: 8.1% † 2,611 (±1% / ±308)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
262 Total veterans ±122 252 Male ±115 10 Female ±18

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