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Calhoun Falls, SC

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Overview


Calhoun Falls is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,726 people and just one neighborhood, Calhoun Falls is the 149th largest community in South Carolina.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Calhoun Falls is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.13% of the Calhoun Falls workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Calhoun Falls is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Calhoun Falls who work in sales jobs (15.87%), teaching (11.23%), and maintenance occupations (8.39%).

Also of interest is that Calhoun Falls has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Calhoun Falls has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Calhoun Falls has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Calhoun Falls than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Calhoun Falls may be for you.

One downside of living in Calhoun Falls, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.05 minutes every day commuting to work.

Calhoun Falls 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.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Calhoun Falls is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.86% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Calhoun Falls in 2018 was $20,539, 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 $82,156 for a family of four. However, Calhoun Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Calhoun Falls is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Calhoun Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Calhoun Falls residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Calhoun Falls include African, Irish, German, French, and English.

The most common language spoken in Calhoun Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Calhoun Falls, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 93.4% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

People

The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 95.0% of the neighborhoods in the United States.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.2% of this neighborhood's residents have African ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Calhoun Falls are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 76.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 39.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.6%), and 13.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Calhoun Falls, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (7.2%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (7.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (2.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (1.8%), along with some German ancestry residents (1.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (93.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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