Ridgeville vs St. George

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

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

St. George has the higher population (1,935 vs 1,591 in Ridgeville). Ridgeville has the higher median household income ($56,134 vs $31,950 in St. George). Ridgeville has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $124,200 in St. George).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgeville	St. George
Population	1,591	1,935
Median age	37.8 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,134	$31,950
Median home value	$183,500	$124,200
Median gross rent	$1,398	$800
Housing units	255	906
Homeownership rate	81.8%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgeville	St. George
Population	2,029 → 1,591 (-21.6%)	2,352 → 1,935 (-17.7%)
Median household income	$37,596 → $56,134 (+49.3%)	$31,917 → $31,950 (+0.1%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $183,500 (+63.1%)	$130,000 → $124,200 (-4.5%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,398 (+45.5%)	$760 → $800 (+5.3%)

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

St. George

Population

2,3521,935

Median household income

$31,917$31,950

Median home value

$130,000$124,200

Median gross rent

$760$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgeville	St. George
Under 5	0.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	2.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	31.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	18.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	18.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	2.8%	18.9%
75 and over	6.0%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgeville	St. George
White (non-Hispanic)	30.4%	45.5%
Black or African American	60.8%	51.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgeville	St. George
No high school diploma	25.3%	18.1%
High school graduate	45.2%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgeville	St. George
Drove alone	90.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	3.8%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	2.7%
Other means	2.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgeville	St. George
1-unit, detached	67.5%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.0%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Ridgeville	St. George
Poverty rate	9.8%	27.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1977	1977