Elgin is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,612 people and five associated neighborhoods, Elgin is the 154th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Elgin is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Elgin is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elgin who work in office and administrative support (14.17%), management occupations (8.84%), and business and financial occupations (7.28%). Also of interest is that Elgin has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.67% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 town, Elgin does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Elgin are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.48% of adults in Elgin having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Elgin in 2022 was $32,125, 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 $128,500 for a family of four. However, Elgin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Elgin is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Elgin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elgin residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elgin include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Elgin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
