Waterloo’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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!) Waterloo 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. Waterloo has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Waterloo than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Waterloo may be for you.
One downside of living in Waterloo is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Waterloo, the average commute to work is 43.16 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Waterloo 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 education level of Waterloo citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.90% of adults in Waterloo have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Waterloo in 2022 was $16,849, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,396 for a family of four. However, Waterloo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Waterloo also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.26% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Waterloo is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Waterloo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waterloo residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Waterloo include German, Irish, English, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Waterloo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Mon-Khmer (Cambodian).
