Wedgefield is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,507 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wedgefield is the 162nd largest community in South Carolina.
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, Wedgefield has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Wedgefield a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Wedgefield is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Wedgefield, the average commute to work is 38.67 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Wedgefield is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Wedgefield 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. 98.36% 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.
Wedgefield 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.
The overall education level of Wedgefield is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.04% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Wedgefield in 2022 was $25,886, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,544 for a family of four. However, Wedgefield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Wedgefield is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wedgefield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wedgefield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wedgefield include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Wedgefield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.