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!) Wedgefield 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. Wedgefield has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Wedgefield than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Wedgefield may be for you.
One downside of living in Wedgefield, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 38.67 minutes every day commuting to work.
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.
As is often the case in a small town, Wedgefield doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Wedgefield who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.04% of adults in Wedgefield 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.
