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Notable locations in Ridgeland: Pratt Memorial Library (A), Ridgeland Town Hall (B), Jasper County Jail (C), Jasper County Courthouse (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Ridgeland include: Ridge Pointe Square (1), Harold Turpin Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Ridgeland Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attraction: Webel Museum (123 East Wilson Street).
Hotels: Days Inn Point South (I 95 & US17 Exit 33), Plantation Inn (643 North Jacob Smart Boulevard), Econo Lodge Ridgeland (516 East Main Street), Forest Motel (416 South Jacob Smart Boulevard), Hampton Inn (139 Frampton Drive), Best Western Point South (I 95 And US 17 Exit 33), Palms Motel (109 South Jacob Smart Boulevard), Days Inn Ridgeland SC (516 East Main Street), Carolina Lodge No 9 (Highway 278).
Courts: Family Court (606 2nd Avenue), Jasper County - Judicial Building- Central Traffic Court (111 West Adams Street).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Ridgeland and their reported violations in the past:
RIDGELAND TOWN OF (Population served: 3158, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: |  24.4% | | Whole state: |  14.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 13.4% | | Whole state: | 6.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Ridgeland, SC
1203 people in state prisons
7 people in homes for the mentally ill
Ridgeland compared to South Carolina state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Median age below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Renting percentage above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Ridgeland (2009 data):
- Regions Bank: Ridgeland Branch at 312 Jacob Smart Blvd, branch established on 1951-12-17. Info updated 2009-02-09: Bank assets: $142,084.0 mil, Deposits: $95,926.0 mil, headquarters in Birmingham, AL, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1946 total offices, Holding Company: Regions Financial Corporation
- Bank of Walterboro: Ridgeland Branch at 8058 Main Street, branch established on 2004-12-08. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $164.6 mil, Deposits: $145.8 mil, headquarters in Walterboro, SC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: Communitycorp
- SCBT National Association: Ridgeland Branch at 207 Jacob Smart Boulevard, branch established on 1967-07-14. Info updated 2008-12-22: Bank assets: $2,763.2 mil, Deposits: $2,155.8 mil, headquarters in Orangeburg, SC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 56 total offices, Holding Company: Scbt Financial Corporation
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Ridgeland, South Carolina
- Ridgeland Comfort Inn, Hwy 278 And I-95 Exit 21, Ridgeland, SC 29936, Phone: (843) 726-2121
- Quality Inn, 511 James Taylor Rd, Ridgeland, SC 29936, Phone: (843) 726-6213, Fax: (843) 726-6452
- Econo Lodge, 516 E Main St, Ridgeland, SC 29936, Phone: (843) 726-5553
- Days Inn, 8216 E Main St, Ridgeland, SC 29936, Phone: (843) 726-5553, Fax: (843) 726-8780
All 4 fire-safe hotels and motels in Ridgeland, South Carolina
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Jasper County South Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (75%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
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Religion statistics for Ridgeland
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Assemblies of God | Episcopal Church |
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| Adherents | 53.2% | 24.5% | 10.3% | 3.9% | 2.7% |
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| Congregations | 41.4% | 10.3% | 17.2% | 3.4% | 3.4% |
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| Name | Church of God of Prophecy | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Seventh-Day Adventist Church | Association Reformed Presbyterian Church | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 1.8% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.4% |
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| Congregations | 10.3% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.4% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
3 | $7,919 | $31,676 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $7,179 | $43,074 | 5 | $1,867 |
| Judicial and Legal |
1 | $2,055 | $24,660 | 1 | $1,407 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
13 | $45,561 | $42,056 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
1 | $1,617 | $19,404 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
8 | $24,940 | $37,410 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
2 | $5,930 | $35,580 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
4 | $12,251 | $36,753 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
4 | $8,468 | $25,404 | 1 | $966 |
| Totals for Government |
38 | $115,920 | $36,606 | 7 | $4,240 |
Ridgeland government finances in 2006:
- Charges - Sewerage: $613,000
All Other: $54,000
- Construction - General - Other: $132,000
Sewerage: $50,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $693,000
General - Other: $415,000
Local Fire Protection: $295,000
Financial Administration: $269,000
Central Staff Services: $233,000
Sewerage: $210,000
Water Utilities: $107,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $23,000
Parks and Recreation: $16,000
- DISCONTINUED for 2005 (Formerly: Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue): $425,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $22,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Police Protection: $55,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Judicial and Legal Services: $298,000
General - Other: $48,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $234,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $445,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Public Debt for Private Purpose: $20,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $197,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $1,825,000
Fines and Forfeits: $585,000
Interest Earnings: $22,000
- NEW for 2005 - Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,142,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $945,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $78,000
Sewerage: $39,000
Financial Administration: $16,000
Water Utilities: $16,000
General - Other: $13,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $877,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $624,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $1,467,000
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $639,000
General Local Government Support: $97,000
- Tax - Public Utility License: $621,000
Property: $231,000
Other Selective Sales: $214,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $1,447,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $12,000
8.87% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,581 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.87% | | South Carolina average: | 8.00% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
7.80% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,537 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.80% | | South Carolina average: | 6.88% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Ridgeland:
- WBMQ (630 AM; 5 kW; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WNFO (1430 AM; daytime; 1 kW; RIDGELAND, SC)
- WIQB (1050 AM; 25 kW; CONWAY, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WJLG (900 AM; 4 kW; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WTKS (1290 AM; 5 kW; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WOKV (690 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
- WVGB (1490 AM; 1 kW; BEAUFORT, SC; Owner: VIVIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WQIZ (810 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ST. GEORGE, SC; Owner: RADIO PROPERTIES, LLC)
- WALD (1080 AM; daytime; 3 kW; WALTERBORO, SC; Owner: JACQUELYN COLLIER PEMBROKE)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WMAC (940 AM; 50 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Ridgeland:
- WWVV (104.9 FM; RIDGELAND, SC; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WYKZ (98.7 FM; BEAUFORT, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WJWJ-FM (89.9 FM; BEAUFORT, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WGZR (106.9 FM; BLUFFTON, SC; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WFXH-FM (106.1 FM; HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WJZX (99.7 FM; HOLLYWOOD, SC; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WLOW (107.9 FM; PORT ROYAL, SC; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WZAT (102.1 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WAEV (97.3 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WQBT (94.1 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WSIS (103.9 FM; SPRINGFIELD, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WJCL-FM (96.5 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WSVH (91.1 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WIXV (95.5 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WAGP (88.7 FM; BEAUFORT, SC; Owner: COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORP. OF BEAUFORT, INC)
- WEAS-FM (93.1 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WLFS (91.9 FM; PORT WENTWORTH, GA; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC)
- WGZO (103.1 FM; PARRIS ISLAND, SC; Owner: ZIP COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Ridgeland:
- WJWJ-TV (Channel 16; BEAUFORT, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WSAV-TV (Channel 3; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WTOC-TV (Channel 11; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WGSA-CA (Channel 50; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: SOUTHERN TV CORPORATION)
- W19CH (Channel 19; BEAUFORT, SC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WTGS (Channel 28; HARDEEVILLE, SC; Owner: BLUENOSE BROADCASTING OF SAVANNAH LLC)
- WJCL (Channel 22; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF SAVANNAH LICENSE LLC)
- W32BJ (Channel 32; BEAUFORT, ETC., SC; Owner: SOUTHERN TV CORPORATION)
- WVAN-TV (Channel 9; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- W35AY (Channel 35; HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC; Owner: MYRON K. HINES)
- W53BX (Channel 53; HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC; Owner: WHHI-TV, INC.)
- WXSX-LP (Channel 13; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: THE BOX WORLDWIDE LLC)
- W55AW (Channel 55; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CHANNEL AMERICA LPTV LIC. SUBSIDIARY)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)
Ridgeland, South Carolina:
- Fatal accident count: 17
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 22
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 7
- Fatalities: 18
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 48
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
South Carolina average:
- Fatal accident count: 82
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 125
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 26
- Fatalities: 90
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 211
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 11
See more detailed statistics of Ridgeland fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 1
Total length: 3 meters (10ft)
Total average daily traffic: 6,700
Total average daily truck traffic: 402
Total future (year 2026) average daily traffic: 11,658
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Ridgeland)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 20 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Ridgeland, SC)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 13 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 13 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Ridgeland)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 25 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Ridgeland)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 29
- Hazardous Condition: 12
- Service Call: 1
- Good Intent Call: 1
Incident types - Ridgeland
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Ridgeland, SC
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