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St. Helena Island, SC
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St. Helena Island profile


Living in St. Helena Island



St. Helena Island is a somewhat small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 9,278 people and four constituent neighborhoods, St. Helena Island is the 52nd largest community in South Carolina.

St. Helena Island home prices are not only among the most expensive in South Carolina, but St. Helena Island real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.11% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

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, St. Helena Island has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes St. Helena Island a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

St. Helena Island is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in St. Helena Island, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.34 minutes every day commuting to work.

In terms of college education, St. Helena Island is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.05% of adults in St. Helena Island have a college degree.

The per capita income in St. Helena Island in 2018 was $34,054, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $136,216 for a family of four. However, St. Helena Island contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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


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