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Cope, SC
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Living in Cope



Cope is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 33 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cope is the 296th largest community in South Carolina. Much of the housing stock in Cope was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Overall, Cope’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Cope has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Cope a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Cope is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Cope, the average commute to work is 32.05 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Cope is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Cope, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small town, Cope doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The citizens of Cope are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.29% of adults in Cope have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Cope in 2018 was $40,964, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $163,856 for a family of four. However, Cope contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Cope is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.


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