One downside of living in Pickens is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pickens, the average commute to work is 30.95 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Pickens does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Pickens rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.29% of adults 25 and older in Pickens 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 Pickens in 2022 was $22,948, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,792 for a family of four. However, Pickens contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pickens is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pickens home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pickens residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pickens include Irish, English, Scots-Irish, German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Pickens is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
