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.
One downside of living in Ridgeville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ridgeville, the average commute to work is 33.06 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Ridgeville is a very car-oriented town. 96.49% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Ridgeville 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. Ridgeville has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Ridgeville 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.
In terms of college education, Ridgeville ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.70% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ridgeville in 2022 was $9,809, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $39,236 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, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Ridgeville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
