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.
In Wedgefield, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.67 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Wedgefield is a very car-oriented town. 98.36% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Wedgefield is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Wedgefield has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Being a small town, Wedgefield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
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.
