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Ridgeway, SC
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Living in Ridgeway



Ridgeway is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 258 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Ridgeway is the 256th largest community in South Carolina. Much of the housing stock in Ridgeway was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

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

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, Ridgeway is worth considering.

Ridgeway 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 percentage of people in Ridgeway who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.99% of adults in Ridgeway have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Ridgeway in 2018 was $28,215, 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 $112,860 for a family of four. However, Ridgeway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ridgeway also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.23% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Ridgeway is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ridgeway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ridgeway residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ridgeway also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.67% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ridgeway include English, German, European, Scots-Irish, and Irish.

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


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