About Plum Branch

Plum Branch is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,170 people and just one neighborhood, Plum Branch is the 204th largest community in South Carolina.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Plum Branch is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 54.4% of the Plum Branch workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Plum Branch is a town of production and manufacturing workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Plum Branch who work in sales jobs (8.90%), office and administrative support jobs (8.28%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (6.21%).

One downside of living in Plum Branch, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.73 minutes every day commuting to work.

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

Plum Branch Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Plum Branch 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 Plum Branch in 2000 was $14,950, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $59,800 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Plum Branch is English. Some people also speak Spanish.