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, Beech Island has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Beech Island a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Beech Island, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.93 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Beech Island does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Beech Island with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.36% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Beech Island in 2022 was $18,412, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,648 for a family of four.
Beech Island is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Beech Island home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Beech Island residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Beech Island include Irish, German, English, Scots-Irish, and Romanian.
The most common language spoken in Beech Island is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
