Overall, Ridgeville’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
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, Ridgeville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ridgeville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Ridgeville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.17 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Ridgeville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Ridgeville has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.30% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Ridgeville in 2022 was $9,135, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $36,540 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, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Ridgeville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
