The overall crime rate in Ridgeville is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
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 33.06 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Ridgeville is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Ridgeville isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.49% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
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 one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.70% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Ridgeville in 2018 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.
