Wedgefield is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,507 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wedgefield is the 162nd largest community in South Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Wedgefield is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.64% of the Wedgefield workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Wedgefield is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wedgefield who work in healthcare suport services (13.12%), office and administrative support (11.38%), and sales jobs (9.08%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Wedgefield has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Wedgefield a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Wedgefield 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 rate of college-level education in Wedgefield is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.18% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Wedgefield in 2022 was $22,537, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,148 for a family of four. However, Wedgefield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wedgefield is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wedgefield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wedgefield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wedgefield include English, Irish, German, European, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Wedgefield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
