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.
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 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.
Ridgeville ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.30% of people over 25 have a college degree.
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.
