Coosawhatchie vs Ridgeland

A side-by-side comparison of Coosawhatchie and Ridgeland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ridgeland has the higher population (3,756 vs 37 in Coosawhatchie).

Population, income & housing

	Coosawhatchie	Ridgeland
Population	37	3,756
Median age	68.9 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$71,023
Median home value	—	$209,900
Median gross rent	—	$927
Housing units	26	1,064
Homeownership rate	100.0%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	—	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coosawhatchie	Ridgeland
Population	0 → 37 (+0.0%)	3,911 → 3,756 (-4.0%)
Median household income	—	$31,991 → $71,023 (+122.0%)
Median home value	—	$162,300 → $209,900 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$798 → $927 (+16.2%)

Coosawhatchie

Population

037

Ridgeland

Population

3,9113,756

Median household income

$31,991$71,023

Median home value

$162,300$209,900

Median gross rent

$798$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coosawhatchie	Ridgeland
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	18.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	56.8%	4.5%
75 and over	43.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coosawhatchie	Ridgeland
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	29.4%
Black or African American	43.2%	46.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	56.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coosawhatchie	Ridgeland
No high school diploma	0.0%	21.6%
High school graduate	73.0%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coosawhatchie	Ridgeland
Drove alone	—	73.8%
Carpooled	—	24.3%
Public transit	—	0.3%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	1.5%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coosawhatchie	Ridgeland
1-unit, detached	100.0%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Coosawhatchie	Ridgeland
Poverty rate	43.2%	20.8%
Average household size	1.42	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	—	1997