About Heath Springs

Heath Springs is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 867 people and just one neighborhood, Heath Springs is the 217th largest community in South Carolina.

Heath Springs is a blue-collar town, with 57.3% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Heath Springs is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Heath Springs who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.92%), sales jobs (7.31%), and the sciences (5.00%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Heath Springs has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Heath Springs is a very car-oriented town. 97.67% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Heath Springs is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Heath Springs has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, Heath Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Heath Springs Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Heath Springs ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 6.79% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Heath Springs in 2000 was $10,407, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $41,628 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Heath Springs is English.