About Mount Croghan

Mount Croghan is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,471 people and just one neighborhood, Mount Croghan is the 195th largest community in South Carolina.

Mount Croghan is a blue-collar town, with 46.7% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Mount Croghan is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Croghan who work in sales jobs (15.69%), office and administrative support jobs (12.85%), and food service (9.07%).

Mount Croghan is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Mount Croghan 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. 97.96% 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, Mount Croghan doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Mount Croghan Information and Demographics

The population of Mount Croghan has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 2.01% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Mount Croghan in 2000 was $9,487, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $37,948 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Mount Croghan is English. Some people also speak Spanish.