It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Piedmont has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Piedmont has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Piedmont than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Piedmont may be for you.
Piedmont 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.
The citizens of Piedmont are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.18% of adults in Piedmont have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Piedmont in 2022 was $31,700, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,800 for a family of four. However, Piedmont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Piedmont is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Piedmont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Piedmont residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Piedmont also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.71% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Piedmont include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Greek.
The most common language spoken in Piedmont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
