High Ridge is a very small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 4,242 people and three associated neighborhoods, High Ridge is the 164th largest community in Missouri.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, High Ridge is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, High Ridge is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in High Ridge who work in office and administrative support (12.85%), sales jobs (11.94%), and food service (11.94%). Also of interest is that High Ridge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, High Ridge has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes High Ridge a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, High Ridge does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in High Ridge with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.66% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in High Ridge in 2022 was $34,506, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,024 for a family of four. However, High Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. High Ridge is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call High Ridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of High Ridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in High Ridge include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in High Ridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
