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, Great Falls has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Great Falls a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Great Falls is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Great Falls, the average commute to work is 30.90 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Great Falls doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Great Falls is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.83% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Great Falls in 2018 was $20,140, 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 $80,560 for a family of four. However, Great Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Great Falls also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.57% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Great Falls is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Great Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Great Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Great Falls include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and African.
The most common language spoken in Great Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
