Wedgewood, South Carolina
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| Males: 783 |  (51.0%) |
| Females: 754 |  (49.0%) |
| Median resident age: | 31.5 years |
| South Carolina median age: | 35.4 years |
Zip codes: 29168.
| Wedgewood: | $66,551 |
| SC: | $64,115 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $25,819 (it was $13,834 in 2000)
Wedgewood CDP income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $144,922 (it was $59,900 in 2000)
| Wedgewood: | $144,922 |
| SC: | $254,600 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $200,346; detached houses: $217,174; townhouses or other attached units: $122,828; in 2-unit structures: $233,867; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $108,720; mobile homes: $121,525
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Wedgewood, SC
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- 94361.1%White alone
- 54535.3%Black alone
- 231.5%Two or more races
- 171.1%Hispanic
- 110.7%Asian alone
- 50.3%American Indian alone
Races in Wedgewood detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
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Ancestries: United States (18.7%), English (8.2%), German (8.0%), Irish (7.1%), Scotch-Irish (3.5%), Scottish (2.2%).
Current Local Time: EST time zone
Land area: 8.43 square miles.
Population density: 182 people per square mile (very low).
10 residents are foreign born
| This place: | 0.6% |
| South Carolina: | 2.9% |
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:
| Wedgewood CDP: | 0.5% ($320) |
| South Carolina: | 0.6% ($510) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Columbia, SC 
(30.4 miles , pop. 116,278).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Charlotte, NC (93.1 miles , pop. 540,828).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (515.9 miles , pop. 1,517,550).
Nearest cities:
Cane Savannah, SC (2.0 miles ),
), Cherryvale, SC (2.3 miles ),
), Shaw-Horatio, SC (2.3 miles ),
), Stateburg, SC (2.5 miles ),
), Oakland, SC (2.6 miles ),
), Millwood, SC (2.6 miles ),
), Privateer, SC (2.8 miles ),
), Latitude: 33.89 N, Longitude: 80.50 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 803
| Here: | 3.8% |
| South Carolina: | 3.1% |
- Accommodation & food services (8.1%)
- Health care (7.0%)
- Transportation equipment (6.1%)
- Administrative & support & waste management services (5.9%)
- Construction (5.8%)
- Food & beverage stores (5.6%)
- Textile mills & textile products (5.2%)
- Administrative & support & waste management services (10.6%)
- Construction (9.2%)
- Textile mills & textile products (9.2%)
- Food (7.3%)
- Transportation equipment (6.7%)
- Public administration (4.8%)
- Personal & laundry services (4.8%)
- Accommodation & food services (14.8%)
- Health care (10.2%)
- Food & beverage stores (9.2%)
- Educational services (8.5%)
- Furniture & home furnishings, household appliance stores (6.4%)
- Transportation equipment (5.3%)
- Social assistance (3.5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (8.0%)
- Retail sales workers, except cashiers (6.2%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5.9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5.8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4.7%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (4.7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4.1%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (14.3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8.7%)
- Other financial specialists (6.7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5.3%)
- Other material moving workers, except laborers (5.3%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4.5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4.5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13.1%)
- Retail sales workers, except cashiers (9.9%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (9.5%)
- Cashiers (8.8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (6.0%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5.3%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4.9%)
Average climate in Wedgewood, South Carolina
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
(lower is better)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2023 was 46.6. This is significantly better than average.
| City: | 46.6 |
| U.S.: | 72.6 |
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) [ppb] level in 2007 was 2.17. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 9.9 miles away from the city center.
| City: | 2.17 |
| U.S.: | 5.11 |
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2019 was 0.0671. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 3.6 miles away from the city center.
| City: | 0.0671 |
| U.S.: | 1.5147 |
Ozone [ppb] level in 2023 was 24.2. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 16.7 miles away from the city center.
| City: | 24.2 |
| U.S.: | 33.3 |
Lead (Pb) [µg/m3] level in 2007 was 0.00074. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 9.9 miles away from the city center.
| City: | 0.00074 |
| U.S.: | 0.00931 |
Tornado activity:
Wedgewood-area historical tornado activity is slightly above South Carolina state average. It is 25% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 4/15/2007, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 6.8 miles away from the Wedgewood place center killed one person and injured 5 people.
On 3/28/1984, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 43.8 miles away from the place center killed 5 people and injured 49 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Wedgewood-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above South Carolina state average. It is 36% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 8/2/1974 at 08:52:09, a magnitude 4.9 (4.3 MB, 4.9 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 113.9 miles away from Wedgewood center
On 11/22/1974 at 05:25:55, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB) earthquake occurred 71.5 miles away from Wedgewood center
On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 313.1 miles away from the city center
On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi) earthquake occurred 182.0 miles away from the city center
On 8/21/1992 at 16:31:55, a magnitude 4.4 (4.1 MB, 4.1 LG, 4.4 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 62.2 miles away from the city center
On 4/13/1998 at 09:56:11, a magnitude 3.9 (3.5 MB, 3.9 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 50.0 miles away from Wedgewood center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Sumter County (18) is near the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 9
Emergencies Declared: 6
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 8, Floods: 3, Storms: 3, Winter Storms: 3, Drought: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Tropical Storm: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers near Wedgewood:
- SUMTER VALLEY NURSING AND REHAB CENTER (Nursing Home, about 6 miles away; SUMTER, SC)
- COVENANT PLACE NURSING CENTER (Nursing Home, about 8 miles away; SUMTER, SC)
- TUOMEY HOME HEALTH (Home Health Center, about 8 miles away; SUMTER, SC)
- FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE SUMTER (Dialysis Facility, about 8 miles away; SUMTER, SC)
- THOMAS DRIVE (Hospital, about 9 miles away; SUMTER, SC)
- NHC HEALTHCARE - SUMTER (Nursing Home, about 9 miles away; SUMTER, SC)
- ATKINSON WEST COMM. RES. (Hospital, about 9 miles away; SUMTER, SC)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Wedgewood:
- Central Carolina Technical College (about 9 miles; Sumter, SC; Full-time enrollment: 3,108)
- Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College (about 31 miles; Orangeburg, SC; FT enrollment: 2,113)
- Benedict College (about 31 miles; Columbia, SC; FT enrollment: 3,039)
- University of South Carolina-Columbia (about 31 miles; Columbia, SC; FT enrollment: 27,789)
- South Carolina State University (about 34 miles; Orangeburg, SC; FT enrollment: 3,481)
- Midlands Technical College (about 36 miles; West Columbia, SC; FT enrollment: 8,916)
- Florence-Darlington Technical College (about 47 miles; Florence, SC; FT enrollment: 4,468)
Points of interest:
Notable locations in Wedgewood: Burnt Gin Camp (A), Sumter County Rural Fire Department Wedgefield (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Wedgewood include: Orange Hill Church (A), Wedgefield Presbyterian Church (B), Wedgefield Baptist Church (C), Union Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Gulledge Pond (A), Burnt Gin Lake (B), Dwight Pond (C), McCrays Lake (D), West Lake (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Average household size:
| This place: | 2.8 people |
| South Carolina: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This place: | 75.0% |
| Whole state: | 70.3% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This place: | 6.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.6% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
| This place: | 14.0% |
| Whole state: | 14.1% |
| This place: | 4.9% |
| Whole state: | 6.5% |
For population 15 years and over in Wedgewood:
- Never married: 25.8%
- Now married: 56.9%
- Separated: 5.1%
- Widowed: 4.4%
- Divorced: 7.9%
For population 25 years and over in Wedgewood:
- High school or higher: 78.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.4%
- Unemployed: 6.8%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 28.3 minutes
Education Gini index (Inequality in education)
| Here: | 10.0 |
| South Carolina average: | 13.2 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Wedgewood, SC (based on Sumter County data)
| Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
|---|---|---|
| Evangelical Protestant | 31,023 | 108 |
| Black Protestant | 13,905 | 46 |
| Mainline Protestant | 10,960 | 47 |
| Other | 2,323 | 12 |
| Catholic | 1,942 | 2 |
| None | 47,303 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 16
| This county: | 1.54 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 1.99 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
| Sumter County: | 0.10 / 10,000 pop. |
| South Carolina: | 0.15 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 8
| Sumter County: | 0.77 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 0.85 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 63
| Sumter County: | 6.06 / 10,000 pop. |
| South Carolina: | 5.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 44
| Sumter County: | 4.23 / 10,000 pop. |
| South Carolina: | 7.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate:
| This county: | 13.2% |
| South Carolina: | 10.6% |
Adult obesity rate:
| Sumter County: | 34.1% |
| South Carolina: | 29.4% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Here: | 11.2% |
| State: | 13.4% |
7.64% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($44,955 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 7.64% |
| South Carolina average: | 8.89% |
0.37% of residents moved from foreign countries ($2,676 average AGI)
Sumter County: 0.37% South Carolina average: 0.04%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
| from Richland County, SC |  0.61% ($38,285 average AGI) |
| from Clarendon County, SC | 0.53% ($34,981) |
| from Lexington County, SC | 0.22% ($30,430) |
8.11% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($47,025 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 8.11% |
| South Carolina average: | 7.46% |
0.39% of residents moved to foreign countries ($2,323 average AGI)
Sumter County: 0.39% South Carolina average: 0.03%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
| to Richland County, SC | 0.93% ($40,357 average AGI) |
| to Clarendon County, SC | 0.41% ($41,345) |
| to Lexington County, SC | 0.28% ($51,845) |
Strongest AM radio stations in Wedgewood:
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
- WDXY (1240 AM; 1 kW; SUMTER, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WAGL (1560 AM; daytime; 50 kW; LANCASTER, SC; Owner: PALMETTO BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
- WYMB (920 AM; 2 kW; MANNING, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WSSC (1340 AM; 1 kW; SUMTER, SC; Owner: SUMTER BAPTIST TEMPLE, INC.)
- WVOC (560 AM; 5 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WQMC (1290 AM; 1 kW; SUMTER, SC; Owner: MORRIS COLLEGE)
- WBCU (1460 AM; 50 kW; UNION, SC)
- WJMX (970 AM; 10 kW; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WLGO (1170 AM; daytime; 10 kW; LEXINGTON, SC; Owner: LEVAS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Wedgewood:
- WWDM (101.3 FM; SUMTER, SC; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WRJA-FM (88.1 FM; SUMTER, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WIBZ (95.5 FM; WEDGEFIELD, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- W205BO (88.9 FM; SUMTER, SC; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
- WCSQ (92.5 FM; MONCKS CORNER, SC; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WMHK (89.7 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: COLUMBIA BIBLE COLLEGE B/CING CO.)
- WNOK (104.7 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W207BQ (89.3 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- WTCB (106.7 FM; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WLJI (98.3 FM; SUMMERTON, SC; Owner: GLORY COMMUNICATIONS, INC .)
- WLTR (91.3 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WCOS-FM (97.5 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WQKI-FM (93.9 FM; ST. MATTHEWS, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WHXT (103.9 FM; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- W242AH (96.3 FM; SUMTER, SC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WWKT-FM (99.3 FM; KINGSTREE, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WARQ (93.5 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC)
TV broadcast stations around Wedgewood:
- WRJA-TV (Channel 27; SUMTER, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WLTX (Channel 19; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: PACIFIC AND SOUTHERN COMPANY, INC.)
- WOLO-TV (Channel 25; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WACH (Channel 57; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WIS (Channel 10; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
- WBHQ (Channel 63; SUMTER, SC; Owner: COLUMBIA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WRLK-TV (Channel 35; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- W31BS (Channel 31; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: DOVE BROADCASTING INC.)
- W55CQ (Channel 55; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- W21CA (Channel 21; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: DOVE BROADCASTING, INC.)
Wedgewood fatal accident list:
Jun 26, 2020 10:30 PM, Sr-763, Lat: 33.894050, Lon: -80.506664, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Oct 30, 2016 07:08 PM, Sr-763, Lat: 33.894511, Lon: -80.502681, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunk persons involved: 1
Oct 30, 2016 07:08 PM, Sr-763, Lat: 33.894511, Lon: -80.502681, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunk persons involved: 1
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 1Number of bridges
- 16ft / 4.6mTotal length
- 17,850Total average daily traffic
- 3,748Total average daily truck traffic
- 31,238Total future (year 2041) average daily traffic
Houses and condos
Apartments
- 87.4%Electricity
- 7.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 3.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 1.7%Wood
- 74.3%Electricity
- 17.1%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 8.6%Wood
Wedgewood compared to South Carolina state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
Wedgewood on our top lists:
- #98 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of mobile homes (200+ housing units)"
- #24 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
- #40 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
- #63 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations"
- #71 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents"