Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Harleyville is worth considering.
Harleyville 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 Harleyville, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.24% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Harleyville 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 percentage of adults in Harleyville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.69% of adults in Harleyville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Harleyville in 2018 was $24,362, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,448 for a family of four. However, Harleyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Harleyville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.28% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Harleyville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Harleyville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Harleyville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Harleyville include Irish, English, Scottish, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Harleyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.
