Belton is a very small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 4,444 people and six associated neighborhoods, Belton is the 84th largest community in South Carolina.When you are in Belton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.43% of Belton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Belton is a city of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Belton who work in healthcare suport services (12.90%), office and administrative support (9.94%), and management occupations (8.73%). The city 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, Belton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Belton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Belton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.27 minutes every day commuting to work. Belton is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In Belton, just 11.60% 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 Belton in 2022 was $31,283, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,132 for a family of four. However, Belton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Belton is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Belton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Belton include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Belton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
