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Population (year 2000): 775. Estimated
population in July 2005: 798 (+3.0% change)
Males: 359 (46.3%), Females: 416 (53.7%)
Zip code:
24148
Median resident age: 38.9 years
Median household income: $34,196 (year 2000)
Median house value: $91,300 (year 2000)
Races in Ridgeway:
- White Non-Hispanic (78.8%)
- Black (16.0%)
- Vietnamese (2.5%)
- Hispanic (2.3%)
- Other race (1.0%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: English (16.0%), United States
(12.6%), Irish (9.2%), German (5.8%), Swedish (2.5%), Dutch
(2.1%).
Land area: 0.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ridgeway
- High school or higher: 66.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.0%
- Unemployed: 4.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Ridgeway town
- Never married: 19.3%
- Now married: 54.6%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 12.2%
- Divorced: 11.3%
1.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +86 (+12.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Ridgeway:
- MEMORIAL HOSP MARTINSVILLE (about 7 miles;
MARTINSVILLE, VA)
- MOREHEAD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; EDEN,
NC)
- ANNIE PENN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles;
REIDSVILLE, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ridgeway:
- PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL (about 35 miles;
GREENSBORO, NC; ID: GSO)
- DANVILLE REGIONAL (about 37 miles; DANVILLE, VA; ID:
DAN)
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 40 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ridgeway:
- ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NC SHILOH (about 11 miles;
REIDSVILLE, NC; ID: 78N)
- ROCKINGHAM COUNTY (about 11 miles; EDEN, NC; ID:
8N0)
- WARF (about 22 miles; REIDSVILLE, NC; ID: 6A5)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ridgeway:
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO (about 33
miles; GREENSBORO, NC; Full-time enrollment: 10,868)
- NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL ST UNIV
(about 37 miles; Greensboro, NC; FT enrollment: 6,970)
- ELON COLLEGE (about 39 miles; ELON, NC; FT
enrollment: 3,993)
- GUILFORD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 41
miles; JAMESTOWN, NC; FT enrollment: 4,810)
- WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; WINSTON
SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 5,944)
- HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY (about 44 miles; HIGH POINT,
NC; FT enrollment: 2,564)
- WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles;
WINSTON-SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,508)
Public high school in Ridgeway:
- MAGNA VISTA HIGH (Students: 761; Location:
701 MAGNA VISTA SCHOOL RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Ridgeway:
- DREWRY MASON MIDDLE (Students: 594; Location:
45 DREWRY MASON DR; Grades: 06 - 08)
- RIDGEWAY ELEM. (Students: 383; Location: 380
CHURCH ST; Grades: KG - 05)
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