Ridgeville, South Carolina.
Typical home $357,357 (+0.6% in a year), asking rent $1,705 . Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$975 (+108%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,232 +1%
- $355,125$357,357 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $71,628 +25%
- $285,729$357,357 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Ridgeville$1,876
- South Carolina$1,597
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Ridgeville, SC rose 0.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Ridgeville, Dorchester County, South Carolina
Ridgeville is a town of 1,672 people in Dorchester County. Unemployment in Dorchester County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Dorchester County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Ridgeville is a small town in Dorchester County, South Carolina. Residents tend to be somewhat younger than in many American towns, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Typical home values and rents are both fairly high, and a smaller share of people live below the poverty line than in many places.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, shops and professional and business services. The largest workplaces across Dorchester County include Dorchester 02 Schools, Robert Bosch, which makes fuel injection systems and engine parts, and Dorchester County government. The typical commute is a long one, and very few people work from home.
Things to do. Givhans Ferry State Park, a protected area, and Four Hole Swamp, a river, are both a short drive away. For a longer outing, the Charleston Museum and Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, a botanical garden, are a longer drive away. Winters are mild and summers are hot, with plenty of rain through the year.
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- 4%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What people in Dorchester County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dorchester County had 41,814 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 71°. About 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Summerville 4W weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Dorchester County
- Dorchester 02 SchoolsSchool district3,644FTE
- Robert BoschFuel injection systems and parts, automotive and truck gasoline engine, manufacturing1,662
- Dorchester CountyLocal county government1,180
- WalmartGeneral warehousing and storage971
- Citadel Military College of South CarolinaUniversity or college715
- HCA Healthcare Summerville HospitalGeneral medical and surgical hospitals668
- Dorchester 04 SchoolsSchool district436FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters417
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 100 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 14,176 people in all across the county; Ridgeville has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HurricanesVery high
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Ridgeville’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Dorchester County and the Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro.
Ridgeville home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Ridgeville$357,357
- South Carolina$304,319
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Ridgeville listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Ridgeville24.94%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Ridgeville93
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Ridgeville16
Zip codes with a Ridgeville address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Ridgeville — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.