Aiken is a medium-sized city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 25,340 people and 11 constituent neighborhoods, Aiken is the 13th largest community in South Carolina.

Unlike some cities, Aiken isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Aiken are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Aiken is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Aiken who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.14%), management occupations (11.77%), and sales jobs (8.92%).

Aiken is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Aiken Information and Demographics

The education level of Aiken citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 38.14% of adults in Aiken have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Aiken in 2000 was $23,172, 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 $92,688 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Aiken is English.