Easley is a medium-sized city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 24,463 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Easley is the 25th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some cities, Easley isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Easley are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Easley is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Easley who work in management occupations (12.79%), sales jobs (11.27%), and office and administrative support (10.39%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.93% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Easley does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Easley is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.89% of adults in Easley have a college degree. The per capita income in Easley in 2022 was $44,672, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $178,688 for a family of four. However, Easley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Easley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Easley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Easley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Easley include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Easley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
