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Population (year 2000): 13,380
Males: 6,065 (45.3%), Females: 7,315 (54.7%)
Zip code:
11961
Median resident age: 43.0 years
Median household income: $44,140 (year 2000)
Median house value: $142,200 (year 2000)
Races in Ridge:
- White Non-Hispanic (90.5%)
- Hispanic (3.5%)
- Black (3.5%)
- Two or more races (1.6%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Other race (0.8%)
Ancestries: Italian (32.9%), Irish (27.9%),
German (21.2%), English (6.7%), Polish (5.1%), United States
(4.5%).
Land area: 13.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ridge
- High school or higher: 86.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.8%
- Unemployed: 4.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 33.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Ridge CDP
- Never married: 20.6%
- Now married: 56.6%
- Separated: 1.7%
- Widowed: 15.1%
- Divorced: 6.0%
5.6% Foreign born (3.3% Europe, 0.9% Asia, 0.9%
Latin America).
Hospitals/medical centers near Ridge:
- BROOKHAVEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 13 miles;
PATCHOGUE, NY)
- JOHN T MATHER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 13 miles;
PORT JEFFERSON, NY)
- ST CHARLES HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; PORT JEFFERSON,
NY)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ridge:
- LONG ISLAND MAC ARTHUR (about 18 miles; ISLIP, NY;
ID: ISP)
- IGOR I SIKORSKY MEMORIAL (about 24 miles;
BRIDGEPORT, CT; ID: BDR)
- TWEED-NEW HAVEN (about 24 miles; NEW HAVEN, CT; ID:
HVN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ridge:
- BROOKHAVEN (about 7 miles; SHIRLEY, NY; ID: HWV)
- LUFKER (about 12 miles; EAST MORICHES, NY; ID: O00)
- SPADARO (about 13 miles; EAST MORICHES, NY; ID: 1N2)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ridge:
- SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE-AMMERMAN CAMPUS
(about 12 miles; SELDEN, NY; Full-time enrollment:
6,992)
- SAINT JOSEPHS COLLEGE-SUFFOLK CAMPUS (about 13
miles; PATCHOGUE, NY; FT enrollment: 2,617)
- SUNY AT STONY BROOK (about 18 miles; STONY BROOK,
NY; FT enrollment: 16,829)
- DOWLING COLLEGE (about 21 miles; OAKDALE, NY; FT
enrollment: 3,747)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN (about 26 miles; WEST HAVEN,
CT; FT enrollment: 3,081)
- SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE-WESTERN CAMPUS
(about 27 miles; BRENTWOOD, NY; FT enrollment: 3,485)
- GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29 miles; NEW
HAVEN, CT; FT enrollment: 2,100)
Public primary/middle school in Ridge:
- RIDGE ES (Students: 831; Location: ONE RIDGE
RD; Grades: KG - 04)
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