Reidville is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,729 people and just one neighborhood, Reidville is the 154th largest community in South Carolina. Much of the housing stock in Reidville was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Reidville economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Reidville, where the median household income is $115,972.00.
Reidville real estate is some of the most expensive in South Carolina, although Reidville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Reidville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Reidville is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Reidville who work in management occupations (19.25%), sales jobs (11.18%), and healthcare (9.89%).
Also of interest is that Reidville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Reidville is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Reidville’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
Reidville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Reidville ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Reidville, 42.19% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Reidville in 2022 was $40,210, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,840 for a family of four.
Reidville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Reidville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Reidville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Reidville include English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Reidville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
If you like the look and ambience of new homes and newly built neighborhoods, you will love the neighborhood. A whopping 79.9% of the homes and other residential real estate here were built after 1999, which is a higher proportion of new homes then you will find in 97.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Everything here just feels new.
The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 6.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of South Carolina. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Canadian and Cuban ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Canadian ancestry and 3.0% have Cuban ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Reidville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 71.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 72.5% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 40.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.2%), and 13.8% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (6.1%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Reidville, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (11.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.2%), and residents who report German roots (7.0%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (4.8%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (3.7%), among others. In addition, 11.0% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.