Ridgeville vs Summerville

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

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

Summerville has the higher population (51,262 vs 1,591 in Ridgeville). Summerville has the higher median household income ($78,621 vs $56,134 in Ridgeville). Summerville has the higher median home value ($295,700 vs $183,500 in Ridgeville).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgeville	Summerville
Population	1,591	51,262
Median age	37.8 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,134	$78,621
Median home value	$183,500	$295,700
Median gross rent	$1,398	$1,414
Housing units	255	22,199
Homeownership rate	81.8%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgeville	Summerville
Population	2,029 → 1,591 (-21.6%)	53,037 → 51,262 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$37,596 → $56,134 (+49.3%)	$59,180 → $78,621 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $183,500 (+63.1%)	$207,800 → $295,700 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,398 (+45.5%)	$1,108 → $1,414 (+27.6%)

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

Summerville

Population

53,03751,262

Median household income

$59,180$78,621

Median home value

$207,800$295,700

Median gross rent

$1,108$1,414

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgeville	Summerville
Under 5	0.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	2.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	31.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	18.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	18.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	2.8%	9.5%
75 and over	6.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgeville	Summerville
White (non-Hispanic)	30.4%	66.0%
Black or African American	60.8%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgeville	Summerville
No high school diploma	25.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	45.2%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgeville	Summerville
Drove alone	90.4%	82.8%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	8.2%
Other means	2.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgeville	Summerville
1-unit, detached	67.5%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	31.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridgeville	Summerville
Poverty rate	9.8%	10.3%
Average household size	2.05	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1977	2001