Best PlacesRidgeville, SC Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ridgeville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ridgeville ranks 36,938th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Disaster risk pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a strong job market.
The best neighborhoods in Ridgeville
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Ridgeville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ridgeville ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 74% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 71% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 100 pleasant days a year, better than 68% of towns
Where Ridgeville ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of towns
- Short commute37.4 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ridgeville
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ridgeville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,429, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Ridgeville's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ridgeville
Ridgeville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ridgeville.
Who works in Ridgeville, and how
Work in Ridgeville centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Ridgeville
Ridgeville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns. The coast is about 50 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Ridgeville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ridgeville, month by month
Ridgeville sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 54° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 78° | 67° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Ridgeville
Charleston AFB/International sits about 20 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.2 million passengers in 2025, with 95 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Ridgeville
Schools across Ridgeville average a C+, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Beech Hill ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Montessori Community SchoolA · 70% proficient
- William M. Reeves ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rollings Middle School Of The ArtsA+ · 78% proficient
- Cane Bay MiddleB · 44% proficient
- Charles B. Dubose MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Ashley Ridge HighA · 78% proficient
- Summerville HighA · 73% proficient
- Woodland HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ridgeville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ridgeville measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Ridgeville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ridgeville
Is Ridgeville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ridgeville ranks 36,938th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, fast internet, and tree cover, and lowest on disaster risk and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ridgeville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $217,898. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $66,429 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Ridgeville safe?
Ridgeville is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $432 per resident a year.
Compare Ridgeville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ridgeville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ridgeville represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Ridgeville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ridgeville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ridgeville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ridgeville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ridgeville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ridgeville detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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