About Cross Hill

Cross Hill is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,680 people and just one neighborhood, Cross Hill is the 151st largest community in South Carolina.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Cross Hill is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 44.5% of the Cross Hill workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Cross Hill is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cross Hill who work in sales jobs (11.96%), office and administrative support jobs (7.16%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (4.96%).

Cross Hill is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.

One downside of living in Cross Hill is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Cross Hill, the average commute to work is 32.41 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Cross Hill is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Cross Hill 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. 98.67% 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, Cross Hill doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Cross Hill Information and Demographics

Cross Hill ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 7.46% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Cross Hill in 2000 was $16,839, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $67,356 for a family of four.

Cross Hill is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cross Hill home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cross Hill is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cross Hill include English, German, Irish, African, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Cross Hill is English.