Smoaks is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 99 people and just one neighborhood, Smoaks is the 290th largest community in South Carolina.
Unlike some towns, Smoaks isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Smoaks are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Smoaks is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Smoaks who work in teaching (24.07%), community and social services (12.96%), and office and administrative support (7.41%).
Smoaks is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Smoaks, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.
Also of interest is that Smoaks has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
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, Smoaks has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Smoaks a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Smoaks, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.21 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Smoaks 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 overall education level of Smoaks is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.00% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Smoaks in 2022 was $41,548, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,192 for a family of four. However, Smoaks contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Smoaks home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Smoaks residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Smoaks include English, Irish, European, German, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Smoaks is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Smoaks, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.7% of all neighborhoods in America, with 46.5% 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.
In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 94.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Smoaks are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.7% of U.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, 34.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.5%), and 17.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Smoaks, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (5.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (4.3%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (4.3%), and some of the residents are also of African ancestry (4.3%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (3.1%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.7% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (80.8%) 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 (13.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.