Ridge Spring vs Ward

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

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

Ridge Spring has the higher population (848 vs 284 in Ward). Ward has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $38,854 in Ridge Spring). Ward has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $76,600 in Ridge Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Ridge Spring	Ward
Population	848	284
Median age	43.8 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,854	$55,625
Median home value	$76,600	$115,600
Median gross rent	$638	$795
Housing units	439	89
Homeownership rate	67.9%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridge Spring	Ward
Population	661 → 848 (+28.3%)	167 → 284 (+70.1%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $38,854 (-4.4%)	$28,958 → $55,625 (+92.1%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $76,600 (-14.9%)	$115,400 → $115,600 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $638 (-12.7%)	$660 → $795 (+20.5%)

Ridge Spring

Population

661848

Median household income

$40,625$38,854

Median home value

$90,000$76,600

Median gross rent

$731$638

Ward

Population

167284

Median household income

$28,958$55,625

Median home value

$115,400$115,600

Median gross rent

$660$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridge Spring	Ward
Under 5	5.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	21.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	11.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	4.9%
35 to 44	15.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	21.5%
65 to 74	15.8%	5.3%
75 and over	9.9%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridge Spring	Ward
White (non-Hispanic)	31.6%	37.7%
Black or African American	55.5%	55.3%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridge Spring	Ward
No high school diploma	13.8%	34.3%
High school graduate	39.8%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridge Spring	Ward
Drove alone	76.7%	51.9%
Carpooled	11.5%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	8.4%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	26.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridge Spring	Ward
1-unit, detached	84.3%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Ridge Spring	Ward
Poverty rate	19.5%	35.2%
Average household size	2.16	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	32	39
Median year structure built	1972	1970