About Salley

Salley is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,575 people and just one neighborhood, Salley is the 154th largest community in South Carolina.

Salley is a blue-collar town, with 53.3% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Salley is a town of production and manufacturing workers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Salley who work in office and administrative support jobs (9.73%), sales jobs (7.35%), and management occupations (4.69%).

One downside of living in Salley is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Salley, the average commute to work is 37.12 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Salley is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Salley isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.51% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small town, Salley doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Salley Information and Demographics

Salley ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 6.84% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Salley in 2000 was $13,463, 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 $53,852 for a family of four.

Salley is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Salley home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Salley is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Salley include German, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Salley is English.