Ridgeville is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,629 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ridgeville is the 152nd largest community in South Carolina. Ridgeville real estate is some of the most expensive in South Carolina, although Ridgeville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Ridgeville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ridgeville is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ridgeville who work in office and administrative support (11.11%), maintenance occupations (9.94%), and healthcare (7.60%). The overall crime rate in Ridgeville is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ridgeville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ridgeville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ridgeville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ridgeville may be for you. In Ridgeville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.06 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Ridgeville is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Ridgeville isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.49% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more. Ridgeville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Ridgeville ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.70% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Ridgeville in 2022 was $9,809, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $39,236 for a family of four. However, Ridgeville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ridgeville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ridgeville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ridgeville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Ridgeville include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Ridgeville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
