Ridgeway vs Winnsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Ridgeway and Winnsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Winnsboro has the higher population (3,332 vs 240 in Ridgeway). Ridgeway has the higher median household income ($47,143 vs $35,649 in Winnsboro). Ridgeway has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $122,200 in Winnsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgeway	Winnsboro
Population	240	3,332
Median age	50.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,143	$35,649
Median home value	$187,500	$122,200
Median gross rent	$671	$775
Housing units	170	1,775
Homeownership rate	58.2%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgeway	Winnsboro
Population	307 → 240 (-21.8%)	3,237 → 3,332 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$39,531 → $47,143 (+19.3%)	$27,204 → $35,649 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $187,500 (+15.4%)	$135,300 → $122,200 (-9.7%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $671 (+7.4%)	$724 → $775 (+7.0%)

Ridgeway

Population

307240

Median household income

$39,531$47,143

Median home value

$162,500$187,500

Median gross rent

$625$671

Winnsboro

Population

3,2373,332

Median household income

$27,204$35,649

Median home value

$135,300$122,200

Median gross rent

$724$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgeway	Winnsboro
Under 5	7.9%	8.0%
5 to 17	5.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	24.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	2.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	7.5%	8.4%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	19.6%	10.5%
75 and over	10.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgeway	Winnsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	34.1%
Black or African American	30.8%	65.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgeway	Winnsboro
No high school diploma	23.4%	17.5%
High school graduate	22.4%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgeway	Winnsboro
Drove alone	87.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgeway	Winnsboro
1-unit, detached	81.8%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Ridgeway	Winnsboro
Poverty rate	38.8%	24.3%
Average household size	1.97	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1972	1977