Ridge Spring vs Saluda

A side-by-side comparison of Ridge Spring and Saluda: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Saluda has the higher population (3,095 vs 848 in Ridge Spring). Saluda has the higher median household income ($40,567 vs $38,854 in Ridge Spring). Saluda has the higher median home value ($81,500 vs $76,600 in Ridge Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Ridge Spring	Saluda
Population	848	3,095
Median age	43.8 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$38,854	$40,567
Median home value	$76,600	$81,500
Median gross rent	$638	$772
Housing units	439	1,302
Homeownership rate	67.9%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridge Spring	Saluda
Population	661 → 848 (+28.3%)	3,608 → 3,095 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $38,854 (-4.4%)	$27,436 → $40,567 (+47.9%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $76,600 (-14.9%)	$90,900 → $81,500 (-10.3%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $638 (-12.7%)	$588 → $772 (+31.3%)

Ridge Spring

Population

661848

Median household income

$40,625$38,854

Median home value

$90,000$76,600

Median gross rent

$731$638

Saluda

Population

3,6083,095

Median household income

$27,436$40,567

Median home value

$90,900$81,500

Median gross rent

$588$772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridge Spring	Saluda
Under 5	5.9%	12.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	8.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.4%	18.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	6.7%
65 to 74	15.8%	7.2%
75 and over	9.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridge Spring	Saluda
White (non-Hispanic)	31.6%	15.6%
Black or African American	55.5%	24.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	56.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridge Spring	Saluda
No high school diploma	13.8%	23.9%
High school graduate	39.8%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridge Spring	Saluda
Drove alone	76.7%	53.1%
Carpooled	11.5%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	19.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridge Spring	Saluda
1-unit, detached	84.3%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	32.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridge Spring	Saluda
Poverty rate	19.5%	41.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1972	1988