Ridgeville is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,629 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ridgeville is the 152nd largest community in South Carolina. Ridgeville real estate is some of the most expensive in South Carolina, although Ridgeville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ridgeville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.31% of the Ridgeville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ridgeville is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ridgeville who work in food service (10.10%), maintenance occupations (8.17%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (6.25%). Ridgeville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. 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, Ridgeville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ridgeville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Ridgeville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.10 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small town, Ridgeville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Ridgeville has a very low overall level of education: only 6.64% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Ridgeville in 2022 was $11,516, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $46,064 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 Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Ridgeville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
