Ladson is a medium-sized town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 15,550 people and four associated neighborhoods, Ladson is the 33rd largest community in South Carolina.

Ladson real estate is some of the most expensive in South Carolina, although Ladson house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Ladson has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.03% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Ladson is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ladson, the average commute to work is 32.22 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Ladson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of adults in Ladson who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.57% of the adults in Ladson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ladson in 2022 was $36,627, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,508 for a family of four. However, Ladson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ladson is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ladson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ladson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ladson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.06% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ladson include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Ladson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.