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Ridgeway CCD, Fairfield County, SC

6,237 Population
166.7 square miles 37.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.6 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Fairfield County: 47.4 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,958 ±$6,256 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Fairfield County: $31,810 ±$2,174
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,384 ±$14,185 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Fairfield County: $47,885 ±$4,289
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.9% ±4% (591  ±242) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Fairfield County: 15.7% † 3,168 (±2.8% / ±557)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.2 minutes ±7.3 (76,100  ±12,734) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Fairfield County: 30 250,100 (±2.1 / ±23,263)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,806 ±241 Number of households
  • Fairfield County: 8,930 ±330
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.3 (5,974  ±464) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Fairfield County: 2.3 20,162 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

3,419 ±237 Number of housing units
  • Fairfield County: 11,003 ±20
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$248,300 ±$42,726 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Fairfield County: $151,200 † ±$19,395
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12% ±4.2% (751  ±266.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fairfield County: 10.7% † 2,192 (±2.4% / ±489.6)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.7% ±8% (4,174  ±505.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fairfield County: 85.1% 12,938 (±4.8% / ±737.8)
  • 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)
18.5% ±3.6% (924  ±191.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Fairfield County: 15.2% † 2,313 (±2.1% / ±321.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about half 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

2% ±1.6% (127  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Fairfield County: 1.1% 228
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±2.4% (363  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Fairfield County: 6.9% † 1,157 (±1.3% / ±211)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
363 Total veterans ±133 342 Male ±124 21 Female ±32

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