Society Hill is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 428 people and just one neighborhood, Society Hill is the 235th largest community in South Carolina.
Unlike some towns, Society Hill isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Society Hill are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Society Hill is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Society Hill who work in office and administrative support (27.54%), sales jobs (11.44%), and maintenance occupations (6.36%).
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, Society Hill has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Society Hill a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Society Hill is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Society Hill, the average commute to work is 33.97 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Society Hill doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Society Hill rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.41% of adults 25 and older in Society Hill 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 Society Hill in 2022 was $26,464, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,856 for a family of four. However, Society Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Society Hill is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Society Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Society Hill residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Society Hill include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Society Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
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 98.7% of all neighborhoods in America, with 46.6% 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, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 26 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.5% of America.
One of the unique characteristics of the neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 96.7% of the neighborhoods in America. The neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (67.7%) than found in 98.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Haitian and African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Haitian ancestry and 8.0% have African ancestry.
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 Society Hill are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 96.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 67.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 98.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 35.6% 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 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.5%), and 13.6% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Society Hill, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (9.0%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (8.0%), and residents who report African roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of Haitian ancestry (3.8%), along with some German ancestry residents (2.1%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (50.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (86.0%) 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 (8.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.