Bennettsville is a somewhat small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 6,540 people and four associated neighborhoods, Bennettsville is the 64th largest community in South Carolina.When you are in Bennettsville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.25% of Bennettsville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Bennettsville is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bennettsville who work in sales jobs (13.36%), office and administrative support (7.59%), and teaching (4.98%). Also of interest is that Bennettsville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small city, Bennettsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Bennettsville rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.64% of adults 25 and older in Bennettsville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Bennettsville in 2022 was $25,835, 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 $103,340 for a family of four. However, Bennettsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bennettsville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bennettsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bennettsville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Bennettsville include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and European. The most common language spoken in Bennettsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.
