Ridgewood, New Jersey is an All-American kind of place to be. It was ranked one of the “Best Places to Live” in the U.S. in 2010. The communities are close knit. The shopping is exquisite, and the area sports a slower pace of living to make the most of life’s moments.
If you’re looking for a new place to relocate, consider what gems you might find in New Jersey. Here is a little compilation of a few things you might expect from a move to Ridgewood, in particular.
A little on the demographics of the area
If you’re looking for a wide range of diversity, you won’t find the most desirable setting in this town. Ridgewood is 80 percent caucasion, 14 percent pacific islanders, and 2 percent african american.
Nearly 70 percent of the residents of Ridgewood are married couples (with around 40 same sex pairings), and 45 percent of families in the town have children.
The residents of Ridgewood make good money too. The median household income for the area is just over $170,000 for the year. People in the area make their livings in the realm of healthcare, education, finance, and real estate.
Quality of life in Ridgewood
The quality of life in Ridgewood, New Jersey could be wrapped up in one single word; comfortable. People make good money.
The area is relatively low in crime, even though many residents are avid owners of firearms. The religious rating of the area is rather high too. If you like to carry a bible alongside your weapon, Ridgewood is the place to lay down roots.
Ridgewood is best known for
The community in Ridgewood may just be its best asset. People are close in this town, and there is a high level of community involvement and altruism.
Many families in the area have lived there for generations, making a perfect equation for a sense of togetherness. Residents truly take pride in their neighborhoods, and it shows.
Some history of the town
The actual Village of Ridgewood was founded and built around an old train station, dating all the way back to the year 1853. The train station brought life to the town, and the area has not forgotten its contribution.
Public transportation will take you where you need to go
Though the town of Ridgewood is classic in nature, the drive for good business has kept its accessibility to public transportation at its peak.
You can get anywhere you need to go without owning a car in this small New Jersey town. If you work in New York City, there’s a direct route from the area into the city. However, most residents do own their own family vehicles.
Interesting. The town is 80% Caucasian yet the high school is 70% Caucasian, 18% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black and .1% Pacific Islander
2010 is a long time. Don’t fall for the bs. Taxes thru the roof, local government a bunch of knuckleheads, a massive garage in town that is both unnecessary and empty, small businesses getting pushed out and the school system in decline.
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Expect a town that has seen better days. Taxes off the chart, small business struggling to survive, school system declining, knuckleheads in local government, local racist group calling for voter suppression..
To any potential Ridgewood property owner that may visit the Ridgewood Blog website for background info on the town and its pros and cons, why did the author of this article also highlight and choose to cite and comment on other previously written articles and by indicating his/her view that diversity seekers should look elsewhere and that residents that do live in Ridgewood embrace the right to carry firearms??? What message(s) did he/she intend to send to potential Ridgewood homeowners by these comments???????
Racism in Ridgewood??? Can’t be…. or more to the point, well it is here in this town. But most of the newbies are diverse so times they are a changing.
Finally, this modern town just decided to close both RHS and BFM school after too many supposedly unconnected or out of school cases of the virus that have been reported at these schools. Reading the letter to parents one gets the impression that somehow the State of New Jersey’s Dept of Board Of Health intervened in this determination and since the situation is fluid, one wonders when these schools will reopen , Dec 9th or later.
Fishbein’s letter suggests that students should refrain from out of school activities. He should have been more concerned about these student’s health and wellbeing while they have been confined in those schools over the last few weeks as the cases continued to rise.
Ridgewood has changed in the last few years . Homeless that need to be deported immediately. I’m not paying these taxes to see them here. They need to stop the protests that are NOT peaceful. They need to arrest the organizers because they are haters of our police department. If they don’t want police or like them they should leave town.
This article may have been true 10 years ago. I would love it to be true today but I trust my eyes better. Declining academics in schools, super large new buildings totally out of character, a town losing its identity, a huge inflow of NYC snobs, significant loss of greenery in the last few years (especially trees), increasing noise and air pollution, a declining business district in many fronts, a forced push by a minority for “progressive” agendas, increasingly hostile environment for political opponents and maybe a few more make this a town in transition to a good NYC suburb but far from a once wonderful Garden State village.
I will never forget that right after I moved here a few years ago I met a lady in her late 60s which I hired as a tutor for my kid in HS. She had been living in the same house for almost 30 yrs. I asked her what she thought was a glaring issue in RW and she said “diversity”. She said she missed Brooklyn so much along with the diverse population, the coreans, the blacks, the hispanics and she wished this place was like that. I left thinking she was complete nuts (I had just moved here from the Bronx) and realizing that this type of shallow mind will contribute to ruining this place. A few years later here we are in the middle of a huge transformation. When these buildings fill up the shock will be tremendous. Just wait and see.
Looking for a home in Bergen..keep driving. Ridgewood is the most overrated town in Bergen. Reputation is a carry over from years past.