Kershaw is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,843 people and three associated neighborhoods, Kershaw is the 151st largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Kershaw is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kershaw is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kershaw who work in management occupations (11.35%), office and administrative support (10.94%), and food service (7.84%). One downside of living in Kershaw, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.90 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Kershaw does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Kershaw who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.56% of the adults in Kershaw have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Kershaw in 2022 was $29,054, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,216 for a family of four. However, Kershaw contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kershaw is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kershaw home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kershaw residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kershaw include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Other Arab. The most common language spoken in Kershaw is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Spanish.
