Ridgeway, Alaska

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Population in July 2007: 2,066.

Males: 1,025	(49.6%)
Females: 1,041	(50.4%)

Median resident age:	37.7 years
Alaska median age:	32.4 years

Zip codes: 99669.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $57,500 (it was $50,625 in 2000)

Ridgeway	$57,500
Alaska:	$64,333

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $167,900 (it was $133,000 in 2000)

Ridgeway	$167,900
Alaska:	$231,300

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Races in Ridgeway:

White Non-Hispanic (87.2%)
American Indian (7.9%)
Two or more races (5.1%)
Hispanic (2.5%)
Other race (1.6%)
Korean (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Ridgeway: 89.7 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (19.8%), English (16.6%), Irish (15.4%), Scottish (5.8%), Swedish (5.7%), Norwegian (4.7%).

Current Local Time: AKST time zone

Land area: 16.6 square miles.

Population density: 124 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Ridgeway

High school or higher: 91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 28.8%
Graduate or professional degree: 12.8%
Unemployed: 1.4%
Mean travel time to work: 26.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Ridgeway CDP

Never married: 18.8%
Now married: 64.5%
Separated: 1.8%
Widowed: 3.7%
Divorced: 11.3%

53 residents are foreign born (1.1% Latin America, 1.0% North America, 0.4% Oceania, 0.3% Europe).

This place:	2.7%
Alaska:	5.9%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Ridgeway:	1.0% ($1,301)
Alaska:	1.3% ($1,888)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Anchorage, AK (100.6 miles , pop. 260,283).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (2895.7 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Soldotna, AK (2.5 miles ), Kalifornsky, AK (10.2 miles ), Kenai, AK (11.9 miles ), Kasilof, AK (17.4 miles ), Salamatof, AK (17.9 miles ), Sterling, AK (18.1 miles ), Nikiski, AK (19.0 miles ), Funny River, AK (19.3 miles ).

Latitude: 60.52 N, Longitude: 151.06 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 907

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Most common industries for males:

Mining (17%)
Health care (9%)
Public administration (7%)
Educational services (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Repair and maintenance (6%)
Chemicals (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (29%)
Health care (12%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (9%)
Public administration (9%)
Construction (5%)
Social assistance (5%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Cashiers (4%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (14%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Accountants and auditors (5%)
Other healthcare support occupations (5%)

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Average climate in Ridgeway, Alaska

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Hospitals/medical centers near Ridgeway:

CENTRAL PENINSULA GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 31 miles; SOLDOTNA, AK)
SOUTH PENINSULA HOSPITAL (about 39 miles; HOMER, AK)
ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER, PHS (about 98 miles; ANCHORAGE, AK)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Ridgeway:

KENAI MUNI (about 13 miles; KENAI, AK; ID: ENA)
HOMER (about 68 miles; HOMER, AK; ID: HOM)
TED STEVENS ANCHORAGE INTL (about 87 miles; ANCHORAGE, AK; ID: ANC)

Other public-use airports nearest to Ridgeway:

SOLDOTNA HOSPITAL H (about 3 miles; SOLDOTNA, AK; ID: SD1)
SOLDOTNA (about 5 miles; SOLDOTNA, AK; ID: SXQ)
MACKEYS LAKES (about 6 miles; SOLDOTNA, AK; ID: L85)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Ridgeway:

UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE (about 98 miles; ANCHORAGE, AK; Full-time enrollment: 9,453)
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS (about 373 miles; FAIRBANKS, AK; FT enrollment: 5,034)
PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 2095 miles; PORT ANGELES, WA; FT enrollment: 2,374)
WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 2135 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 2,656)
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 2136 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 11,889)
EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE (about 2152 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; FT enrollment: 3,749)
SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 2152 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; FT enrollment: 2,908)

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Lakes: Sports Lake (A), Sevena Lake (B), Derks Lake (C), Mackeys Lakes (D), Union Lake (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.7 people
Alaska:	2.7 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	75.1%
Whole state:	68.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	6.3%
Whole state:	7.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	9.4%
Whole state:	9.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	4.5%
Whole state:	4.0%

Ridgeway compared to Alaska state average:

Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Ridgeway mode of transportation to work chart

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

8.17% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($40,864 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.17%
Alaska average:	9.33%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Anchorage Municipality, AK	1.82% ($46,749 average AGI)
from Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	0.31% ($48,035)
from Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	0.29% ($35,962)

8.10% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,693 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.10%
Alaska average:	9.43%

0.12% of residents moved to foreign countries ($338 average AGI)
Kenai Peninsula Borough: 0.12%
Alaska average: 0.24%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Anchorage Municipality, AK	1.85% ($33,064 average AGI)
to Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	0.48% ($45,270)
to Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	0.36% ($36,561)

Strongest AM radio stations in Ridgeway:

KSLD (1140 AM; 10 kW; SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: KSRM, INC)
KSRM (920 AM; 5 kW; SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: KSRM, INC.)
KENI (650 AM; 50 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KFQD (750 AM; 50 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
KBBI (890 AM; 10 kW; HOMER, AK; Owner: KACHEMAK BAY BROADCASTING INC)
KBYR (700 AM; 10 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: COBB COMMUNICATIONS,INC.)
KGTL (620 AM; 5 kW; HOMER, AK; Owner: PENINSULA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KUDO (1080 AM; 10 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: CHINOOK CONCERT BROADCASTERS, INC.)
KTZN (550 AM; 5 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KHAR (590 AM; 5 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
KJNP (1170 AM; 50 kW; NORTH POLE, AK; Owner: EVAN. ALASKA MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP)
KIAM (630 AM; 10 kW; NENANA, AK; Owner: VOICE OF CHRIST MINISTRIES, INC.)
KCHU (770 AM; 10 kW; VALDEZ, AK; Owner: TERMINAL RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Ridgeway:

KKIS-FM (96.5 FM; SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: KSRM, INC)
K249BY (97.7 FM; SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: ALASKA VILLAGE MISSIONS, INC.)
K206DG (89.1 FM; KENAI, AK; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
KWHQ-FM (100.1 FM; KENAI, AK; Owner: KSRM, INC.)
KWJG (91.5 FM; KASILOF, AK; Owner: KASILOF PUBLIC B/G INC)
KDLL (91.9 FM; KENAI, AK; Owner: PICKLE HILL PUBLIC B/CASTING, INC.)
KXBA (93.3 FM; NIKISKI, AK; Owner: PENINSULA COMMUNICATIONS INC)
KPEN-FM (101.7 FM; SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: PENINSULA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Ridgeway:

K08LW (Channel 8; KENAI/SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: NORTHERN TELEVISION, INC.)
K10NC (Channel 10; KENAI, ETC., AK; Owner: CHANNEL 2 BROADCASTING COMPANY)
K09QH (Channel 9; KENAI, ETC., AK; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF ANCHORAGE LICENSE LLC)
K03FW (Channel 3; KENAI, ETC., AK; Owner: SMITH TELEVISION LICENSE HOLDINGS, INC.)
K06MF (Channel 6; KENAI, ETC., AK; Owner: FIREWEED COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
K12LA (Channel 12; KENAI, ETC., AK; Owner: ALASKA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.)

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