WedgefieldSC
A town of 1,968, settled in 1872.
Is Wedgefield a good place to live?
The best of Wedgefield’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for walkability. 26% of the land in Wedgefield is conserved, against 1.8% in South Carolina’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Wedgefield has 2 places on the National Register. Wedgefield has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Wedgefield stand out
Where Wedgefield beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Typical home value
| Widest gap | Wedgefield | SC |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 14.4% | 8.9% |
100% of working residents leave Wedgefield for work
Where Wedgefield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wedgefield grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Carolina), ordered by how far Wedgefield is from typical.
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Moving to Wedgefield: who provides what
Wedgefield is unincorporated, so Sumter County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Wedgefield.
On CDC estimates, Wedgefield is less healthy than 96% of U.S. towns
In Wedgefield, 14% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Only 9 of the 170 South Carolina towns we compare have a higher share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Wedgefield. Wedgefield: 44% of adults sleep under 7 hours, where South Carolina’s towns sit at 38% and U.S. towns at 36%.
| Wedgefield | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Wedgefield | SC |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 14.4% | 8.9% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 27.7% | 17.4% |
| More smokers | 21% | 13.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wedgefield University for Kids PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 109 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within SC on state tests and graduation
A home in Wedgefield is worth about $138K, on Zillow’s estimate
The share of households in Wedgefield who own their home: 78%. Typical home values rose 3.2% in the year to September 2026. In Wedgefield, the going rate for rent is $1,094 a month.
| Wedgefield | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 78% | 65% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,094 a month | $1,060 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
More adults under 35 in Wedgefield than across South Carolina
In Wedgefield, the median age is 35.5 years. Adults 18 to 34 are 37% of residents (22% statewide); children under 18 are 11% of residents (22% statewide). Nearly one in ten residents are 65 or older in the town.
| Wedgefield | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 9% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 35.5 years | 38.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 28% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 38% and 89% women
The Census survey reached too few of Wedgefield’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±25.5 points. Across South Carolina, 51.3% of residents are women.
| Wedgefield | SC | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 2% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.3% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 15.7% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 21.7% | 12.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.5% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.7% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 4.9% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.1% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0.7% | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 43.4% | 28.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.7% | 19.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 1.1% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.9% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.1% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
Protected land: nearly a quarter of Wedgefield
1.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The concentration of trails in Wedgefield is 0.1 miles per square mile. One park or preserve covers 4 acres in the town.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wedgefield Community Park | 0.2 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Wedgefield, the average trip to work runs longer than in the typical South Carolina or U.S. town
For Wedgefield, the income of the median household is $44,000. Half commute less than 16 miles. The top destinations are Sumter (26%), Columbia (8%) and Florence (2%).
| Wedgefield | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 42 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $44,000 | $57,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 9.6% | 17% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Wedgefield: inland flooding
33% of Wedgefield’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 31%. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Federal aid has come to Wedgefield households in 3 declared disasters; the latest was in 2016.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Wedgefield
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Wedgefield
About 2 of every 100 Wedgefield residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
Wedgefield’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Wedgefield.
| Town | SC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedgefield | — | — | A | — | C− | D− |
| Cane Savannah | — | — | B− | — | C− | C+ |
Wedgefield and Cane Savannah have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Wedgefield and Cane Savannah report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Wedgefield with a neighbor →
Questions about Wedgefield
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wedgefield, SC expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.