Ridgeville is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,234 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ridgeville is the 152nd largest community in South Carolina.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%). 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. 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. 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 31.10 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. 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.The citizens of Ridgeville have a very low rate of college education: just 6.64% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. 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.
