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.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Ridgeville is worth considering.
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.
Being a small town, Ridgeville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Ridgeville, just 6.64% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
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.
