Redway first appeared as a
census designated place in the
1980 U.S. census. There were 540 households, out of which 139 (25.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 164 (30.4%) were married-couple households, 59 (10.9%) were
cohabiting couple households, 171 (31.7%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 146 (27.0%) had a male householder with no partner present. 197 households (36.5%) were one person, and 91 (16.9%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.26. There were 648 housing units at an average density of . Of the 648 housing units, 540 (83.3%) were occupied and 108 (16.7%) were vacant. Of occupied units, 298 (55.2%) were owner-occupied and 242 (44.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3%, and the rental vacancy rate was 5.5%. reported that Redway had a population of 1,225. The population density was . The racial makeup of Redway was 1,093 (89.2%)
White, 5 (0.4%)
African American, 35 (2.9%)
Native American, 6 (0.5%)
Asian, 1 (0.1%)
Pacific Islander, 15 (1.2%) from
other races, and 70 (5.7%) from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 96 persons (7.8%). The Census reported that 1,192 people (97.3% of the population) lived in households, 33 (2.7%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 551 households, out of which 160 (29.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 194 (35.2%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together, 63 (11.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 37 (6.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 55 (10.0%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 4 (0.7%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships. 209 households (37.9%) were made up of individuals, and 63 (11.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16. There were 294
families (53.4% of all households); the average family size was 2.84. The population age distribution is 278 people (22.7%) under the age of 18, 92 people (7.5%) aged 18 to 24, 306 people (25.0%) aged 25 to 44, 404 people (33.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 145 people (11.8%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males. There were 679 housing units at an average density of , of which 551 were occupied, of which 307 (55.7%) were owner-occupied, and 244 (44.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.6%; the rental vacancy rate was 1.2%. 658 people (53.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 534 people (43.6%) lived in rental housing units.
2000 census As of the
census of 2000, the median income for a household in the CDP was $27,188, and the median income for a family was $39,464. Males had a median income of $21,853 versus $23,864 for females. The
per capita income for the CDP was $24,212. About 18.6% of families and 17.0% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 24.8% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. ==Politics==