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 40.74 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Waterloo is a very car-oriented town. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Waterloo is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Waterloo has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Being a small town, Waterloo does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Waterloo citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.41% of adults in Waterloo have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Waterloo in 2022 was $16,085, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $64,340 for a family of four. Waterloo also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.98% 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 English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Waterloo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Mon-Khmer (Cambodian).
