Ridgeway is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 256 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ridgeway is the 256th largest community in South Carolina. Ridgeway has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Ridgeway is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ridgeway is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Ridgeway who work in food service (20.14%), sales jobs (10.07%), and office and administrative support (9.35%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Ridgeway has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ridgeway a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small town, Ridgeway doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Ridgeway citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.44% of adults in Ridgeway have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Ridgeway in 2022 was $33,067, 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 $132,268 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 38.75% 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. Important ancestries of people in Ridgeway include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and European. The most common language spoken in Ridgeway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Spanish.
