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Elgin, SC
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Living in Elgin



Elgin is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,612 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Elgin is the 154th largest community in South Carolina.

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

A relatively large number of people in Elgin telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.60% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Elgin, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.94 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Elgin 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.

The education level of Elgin citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.21% of adults in Elgin have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Elgin in 2018 was $29,105, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,420 for a family of four. However, Elgin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Elgin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.


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