Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Yemassee is worth considering.
One downside of living in Yemassee, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.57 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Yemassee doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Yemassee, just 12.38% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Yemassee in 2022 was $26,606, 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 $106,424 for a family of four. Yemassee also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.40% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Yemassee is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Yemassee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Yemassee residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Yemassee include European, Irish, Swedish, Scots-Irish, and Other Subsaharan African.
The most common language spoken in Yemassee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
