Gillisonville vs Ridgeland

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

Gillisonville 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 317 in Gillisonville). Since 2019, Gillisonville's population has grown faster (+352.9% vs -4.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Gillisonville	Ridgeland
Population	317	3,756
Median age	43.6 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$71,023
Median home value	—	$209,900
Median gross rent	—	$927
Housing units	101	1,064
Homeownership rate	63.4%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gillisonville	Ridgeland
Population	70 → 317 (+352.9%)	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%)

Gillisonville

Population

70317

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)

	Gillisonville	Ridgeland
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	21.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	18.0%
35 to 44	41.3%	16.2%
45 to 54	4.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	32.5%	4.5%
75 and over	0.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gillisonville	Ridgeland
White (non-Hispanic)	15.1%	29.4%
Black or African American	84.9%	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	0.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gillisonville	Ridgeland
No high school diploma	6.0%	21.6%
High school graduate	88.0%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gillisonville	Ridgeland
Drove alone	67.7%	73.8%
Carpooled	32.3%	24.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gillisonville	Ridgeland
1-unit, detached	51.5%	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	48.5%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Gillisonville	Ridgeland
Poverty rate	11.7%	20.8%
Average household size	3.14	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1970	1997