Kershaw is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,905 people and three associated neighborhoods, Kershaw is the 151st largest community in South Carolina.Kershaw is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Kershaw is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kershaw who work in management occupations (10.68%), office and administrative support (9.57%), and community and social services (7.23%). One downside of living in Kershaw, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.24 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Kershaw does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Kershaw rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.60% of adults 25 and older in Kershaw have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Kershaw in 2022 was $27,968, 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 $111,872 for a family of four. However, Kershaw contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kershaw is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kershaw home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kershaw residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kershaw include Irish, English, Scots-Irish, German, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Kershaw is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
