Cowpens is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,190 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cowpens is the 137th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cowpens is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cowpens is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Cowpens who work in management occupations (15.25%), office and administrative support (11.99%), and sales jobs (10.53%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.47% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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, Cowpens has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Cowpens a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Cowpens 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.In terms of college education, Cowpens is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.86% of adults 25 and older in Cowpens have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Cowpens in 2022 was $29,632, 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 $118,528 for a family of four. However, Cowpens contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cowpens also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.00% of its population below the federal poverty line.Cowpens is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cowpens home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cowpens residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Cowpens also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.62% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cowpens include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Egyptian. The most common language spoken in Cowpens is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
