Pelion is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 625 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pelion is the 216th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pelion is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pelion is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Pelion who work in office and administrative support (37.03%), food service (6.28%), and management occupations (5.23%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Pelion has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Pelion has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pelion than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pelion may be for you. One downside of living in Pelion is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pelion, the average commute to work is 37.58 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Pelion is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Pelion overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Pelion, 21.09% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Pelion in 2022 was $27,955, 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 $111,820 for a family of four. However, Pelion contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pelion is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pelion home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pelion residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pelion include Irish, English, European, German, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Pelion is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
