Work & commute · Ridgeville

Work & commute in Ridgeville, SC

Most working residents leave Ridgeville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are North Charleston (23%), Summerville (11%) and Charleston (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 646 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 642 Ridgeville residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgeville.

642live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

97work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgeville goes to work

North Charleston19 mi away

23%146

Summerville10.1 mi away

11%72

Charleston27.1 mi away

8%50

Goose Creek19.1 mi away

2%15

Mount Pleasant32.9 mi away

2%14

Columbia73.5 mi away

2%14

Moncks Corner20.6 mi away

1%9

St. George16.5 mi away

1%7

Greenville168.1 mi away

1%7

Ladson13.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%305

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ridgeville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

24%

41%

16%

19%

24%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgeville is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgeville are

101 jobs are based in Ridgeville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ridgeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ridgeville

101 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Ridgeville residents hold

646 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+10%

Jobs based in Ridgeville, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 101. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.