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Ridgeway, VA

1,051 Population
1 square miles 1,099.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±11.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Martinsville, VA Micro Area: 45.2 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,795 ±$7,611 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Martinsville, VA Micro Area: $30,584 ±$1,415
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,875 ±$50,184 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Martinsville, VA Micro Area: $49,860 ±$3,152
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.2% ±2.9% (63  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Martinsville, VA Micro Area: 17.6% † 10,950 (±2% / ±1,243)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.6 minutes ±2.9 (11,660  ±4,646) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Martinsville, VA Micro Area: 24.4 570,730 (±0.9 / ±32,563)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

320 ±83 Number of households
  • the Martinsville, VA Micro Area: 26,754 ±534
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.3 ±0.5 (1,051  ±314) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Martinsville, VA Micro Area: 2.3 62,354 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±3.6% (6  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Martinsville, VA Micro Area: 4.5% † 574 (±1.5% / ±190)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

397 ±88 Number of housing units
  • the Martinsville, VA Micro Area: 32,439 ±52
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,300 ±$26,629 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Martinsville, VA Micro Area: $130,800 ±$8,106
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.4% ±2.2% (23  ±22) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Martinsville, VA Micro Area: 7.6% † 4,773 (±1.5% / ±937.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.4% ±31.8% (544  ±121.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Martinsville, VA Micro Area: 84.7% 38,607 (±2.9% / ±1,335.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.2% ±8.6% (154  ±71.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Martinsville, VA Micro Area: 16.8% 7,634 (±1.4% / ±634.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.3% ±0.6% (3  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Martinsville, VA Micro Area: 3.7% 2,323
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±3.9% (38  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Martinsville, VA Micro Area: 6.5% † 3,275 (±0.7% / ±372)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
38 Total veterans ±28 33 Male ±27 5 Female ±8

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