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Ridgeland, SC

3,764 Population
48.3 square miles 77.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±2.1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 47.7 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,637 ±$2,765 Per capita income
  • about one-third of the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $51,125 ±$1,611
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,981 ±$22,007 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $83,304 ±$2,752
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.8% ±11.5% (686  ±293) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 10.8% 23,584 (±1% / ±2,154)
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.8 minutes ±3.2 (40,450  ±7,715) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 24.3 2,164,340 (±0.8 / ±82,604)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

858 ±111 Number of households
  • the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 95,451 ±1,082
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.4 (2,538  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 2.3 219,029 (±0 / ±198)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±6.4% (61  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 5.3% † 2,276 (±1.1% / ±462)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

966 ±123 Number of housing units
  • the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 117,935 ±113
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$228,400 ±$25,529 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: $439,500 ±$9,505
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

25.9% ±7.2% (961  ±266.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 14.1% 31,833 (±1.1% / ±2,402.8)
  • about double the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.5% ±9.5% (1,956  ±273.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 94.2% 156,414 (±2% / ±3,356.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.4% ±2.9% (208  ±74) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 43.1% 71,640 (±1.3% / ±2,113.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.9% ±5.1% (374  ±191) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 8.2% 18,721
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±2.8% (194  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area: 10.5% 18,720 (±0.6% / ±1,125)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
194 Total veterans ±84 188 Male ±82 6 Female ±10

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