About Salley

Salley is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,575 people and just one neighborhood, Salley is the 154th largest community in South Carolina.

When you are in Salley, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 53.3% of Salley's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Salley is a town of production and manufacturing workers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Salley who work in office and administrative support jobs (9.73%), sales jobs (7.35%), and management occupations (4.69%).

In Salley, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.12 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Salley is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Salley 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. 97.51% 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.

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

Salley Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Salley ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 6.84% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Salley in 2000 was $13,463, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $53,852 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Salley is English.