Hemingway is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 477 people and three associated neighborhoods, Hemingway is the 229th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Hemingway is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hemingway is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hemingway who work in teaching (21.43%), office and administrative support (14.94%), and sales jobs (11.04%). One downside of living in Hemingway, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.47 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Hemingway does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Hemingway are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.73% of adults in Hemingway having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Hemingway in 2022 was $26,541, 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 $106,164 for a family of four. However, Hemingway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hemingway is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hemingway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hemingway residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hemingway include Irish, Belizean, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Hemingway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
