Graniteville is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,439 people and three associated neighborhoods, Graniteville is the 123rd largest community in South Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Graniteville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.59% of the Graniteville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Graniteville is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Graniteville who work in office and administrative support (11.40%), maintenance occupations (9.50%), and sales jobs (9.03%). The town 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, Graniteville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Graniteville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Graniteville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Graniteville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.62% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Graniteville in 2022 was $19,708, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,832 for a family of four. However, Graniteville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Graniteville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Graniteville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Graniteville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Graniteville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.86% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Graniteville include Irish, German, Italian, English, and French. The most common language spoken in Graniteville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
