Photo: Evanoco · CC BY 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Ridgeway, SC
There are 82 jobs in Ridgeway, and 111 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Ridgeway; the top destination outside it is Columbia (21%, 19 miles). The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average; South Carolina averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Ridgeway
On a workday 110 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Ridgeway on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.74 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.
Where people from Ridgeway work
Where Ridgeway clocks in
21% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Ridgeway is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ridgeway, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 82. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ridgeway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Ridgeway
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ridgeway workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 121 commuters (the 10% 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Ridgeway’s workers travel
About 21% 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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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 Ridgeway: questions
What is the median household income in Ridgeway?
$44,107 (±$20,265) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ridgeway?
32.6%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ridgeway?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ridgeway work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (21%, 19 mi), Winnsboro (5%, 9 mi), Greenville (4%, 88 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ridgeway without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ridgeway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ridgeway
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.