Harleyville vs Ridgeville

A side-by-side comparison of Harleyville and Ridgeville: population, income, housing, and more.

Harleyville and Ridgeville are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ridgeville has the higher population (1,591 vs 653 in Harleyville). Harleyville has the higher median household income ($60,231 vs $56,134 in Ridgeville). Harleyville has the higher median home value ($192,700 vs $183,500 in Ridgeville).

Population, income & housing

	Harleyville	Ridgeville
Population	653	1,591
Median age	45.6 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,231	$56,134
Median home value	$192,700	$183,500
Median gross rent	$742	$1,398
Housing units	329	255
Homeownership rate	65.3%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harleyville	Ridgeville
Population	725 → 653 (-9.9%)	2,029 → 1,591 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$33,447 → $60,231 (+80.1%)	$37,596 → $56,134 (+49.3%)
Median home value	$116,200 → $192,700 (+65.8%)	$112,500 → $183,500 (+63.1%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $742 (-8.7%)	$961 → $1,398 (+45.5%)

Harleyville

Population

725653

Median household income

$33,447$60,231

Median home value

$116,200$192,700

Median gross rent

$813$742

Ridgeville

Population

2,0291,591

Median household income

$37,596$56,134

Median home value

$112,500$183,500

Median gross rent

$961$1,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harleyville	Ridgeville
Under 5	5.4%	0.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	2.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	31.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	18.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	18.9%
55 to 64	18.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	2.8%
75 and over	9.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harleyville	Ridgeville
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	30.4%
Black or African American	23.7%	60.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harleyville	Ridgeville
No high school diploma	11.1%	25.3%
High school graduate	46.6%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harleyville	Ridgeville
Drove alone	95.3%	90.4%
Carpooled	0.4%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harleyville	Ridgeville
1-unit, detached	68.7%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	31.0%

Poverty & households

	Harleyville	Ridgeville
Poverty rate	25.3%	9.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1973	1977