Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Ridgeway is worth considering.
Being a small town, Ridgeway does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Ridgeway is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.57% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Ridgeway in 2018 was $29,501, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,004 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 39.44% 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, English, Irish, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Ridgeway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
