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, Swansea has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Swansea a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Swansea, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.79 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Swansea does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Swansea ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.55% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Swansea in 2018 was $25,068, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,272 for a family of four. However, Swansea contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Swansea is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Swansea home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Swansea residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Swansea include African, English, Irish, German, and Eastern European.
The most common language spoken in Swansea is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
