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!) Ware Shoals 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. Ware Shoals has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ware Shoals than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ware Shoals may be for you.
One downside of living in Ware Shoals, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.78 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Ware Shoals doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Ware Shoals have a very low rate of college education: just 9.05% 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 Ware Shoals in 2022 was $20,518, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $82,072 for a family of four. However, Ware Shoals contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ware Shoals also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 51.25% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Ware Shoals is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ware Shoals home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ware Shoals residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ware Shoals also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.50% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ware Shoals include German, English, Irish, Welsh, and African.
The most common language spoken in Ware Shoals is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
