Ridgeway vs Winnsboro Mills

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

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

Winnsboro Mills has the higher population (1,426 vs 240 in Ridgeway). Ridgeway has the higher median household income ($47,143 vs $34,426 in Winnsboro Mills). Since 2019, Ridgeway's population has grown faster (-21.8% vs -38.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgeway	Winnsboro Mills
Population	240	1,426
Median age	50.8 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,143	$34,426
Median home value	$187,500	—
Median gross rent	$671	$979
Housing units	170	813
Homeownership rate	58.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	1.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	16.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgeway	Winnsboro Mills
Population	307 → 240 (-21.8%)	2,324 → 1,426 (-38.6%)
Median household income	$39,531 → $47,143 (+19.3%)	$29,747 → $34,426 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $187,500 (+15.4%)	$63,100 → $88,800 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $671 (+7.4%)	$581 → $979 (+68.5%)

Ridgeway

Population

307240

Median household income

$39,531$47,143

Median home value

$162,500$187,500

Median gross rent

$625$671

Winnsboro Mills

Population

2,3241,426

Median household income

$29,747$34,426

Median home value

$63,100$88,800

Median gross rent

$581$979

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgeway	Winnsboro Mills
Under 5	7.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	5.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	15.3%
25 to 34	24.6%	16.5%
35 to 44	2.5%	16.9%
45 to 54	7.5%	6.6%
55 to 64	15.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	19.6%	0.4%
75 and over	10.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgeway	Winnsboro Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	19.1%
Black or African American	30.8%	79.9%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgeway	Winnsboro Mills
No high school diploma	23.4%	24.3%
High school graduate	22.4%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgeway	Winnsboro Mills
Drove alone	87.8%	84.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgeway	Winnsboro Mills
1-unit, detached	81.8%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Ridgeway	Winnsboro Mills
Poverty rate	38.8%	29.7%
Average household size	1.97	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1972	1966