Cypress Methodist Camp Ground · Photo: Ashley Roberson · CC BY-SA 3.0Ridgeville has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C+: better than 45% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Household incomes here are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 30 minutes each way (South Carolina 26, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Ridgeville; the top destination outside it is North Charleston (23%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Ridgeville
Ridgeville is a place people come home to
There are 101 jobs based in Ridgeville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ridgeville has about 690 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Ridgeville workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 12% across South Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 646 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Ridgeville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Ridgeville is better than 45% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Ridgeville’s grade up (7.7%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($55,637, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Ridgeville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ridgeville could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Ridgeville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 642 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Ridgeville on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of South Carolina
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ridgeville workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 177 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across South Carolina: 86% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
23% of working residents work in North Charleston
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Ridgeville clocks in
23% of workers
11% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 101 jobs in Ridgeville are
101 jobs are based in Ridgeville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ridgeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ridgeville, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 101. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Half of Ridgeville commutes less than 19 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Ridgeville is 1,912th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ridgeville, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 372 | Cane Savannah SC | 1,551 | $132K | 4.6% | 11.8% | 0% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 714 | Shell Point SC | 1,439 | $82K | 3.1% | 6.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,070 | Elgin SC | 1,675 | $92K | 4.2% | 7.3% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,910 | Edgard LA | 1,482 | $69K | 11.2% | 10.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,911 | Aynor SC | 1,068 | $74K | 9.6% | 3.0% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,912 | Ridgeville SC | 1,230 | $56K | 7.7% | 2.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,913 | Grant Township MI | 1,239 | $81K | 7.6% | 5.2% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,914 | Star Township MI | 1,086 | $86K | 6.1% | 0.9% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ridgeville: questions
What is the median household income in Ridgeville?
$55,637 (±$14,264) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ridgeville?
7.7%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ridgeville?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ridgeville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Charleston (23%, 19 mi), Summerville (11%, 10 mi), Charleston (8%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ridgeville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ridgeville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ridgeville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.