Pinewood is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 499 people and just one neighborhood, Pinewood is the 230th largest community in South Carolina.
Unlike some towns, Pinewood isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Pinewood are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pinewood is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pinewood who work in sales jobs (16.43%), healthcare (12.21%), and healthcare suport services (11.27%).
There are many members of the armed forces living in Pinewood. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.
One downside of living in Pinewood is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pinewood, the average commute to work is 31.67 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Pinewood 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 Pinewood have a very low rate of college education: just 9.12% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Pinewood in 2022 was $22,017, 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 $88,068 for a family of four. However, Pinewood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pinewood also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.85% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Pinewood is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pinewood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pinewood residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Pinewood include Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, and English.
The most common language spoken in Pinewood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 41.9% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.5% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Pinewood are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 8.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 55.1% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 45.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.6%), and 10.1% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.8% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Pinewood, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (10.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.6%), and residents who report Dutch roots (2.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.0%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (79.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (14.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.