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South Congaree, SC

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Overview


South Congaree is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,376 people and just one neighborhood, South Congaree is the 124th largest community in South Carolina.

Occupations and Workforce

South Congaree is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, South Congaree is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in South Congaree who work in sales jobs (13.58%), office and administrative support (11.38%), and maintenance occupations (7.07%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

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, South Congaree is worth considering.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in South Congaree with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.58% of adults in South Congaree have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in South Congaree in 2018 was $28,924, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,696 for a family of four. However, South Congaree contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in South Congaree is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in South Congaree are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 34.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 36.1% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.0%), and 17.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.9% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in South Congaree, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.6%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.9%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (3.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (53.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (77.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (13.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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