Swansea is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 751 people and four associated neighborhoods, Swansea is the 207th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Swansea is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Swansea is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Swansea who work in maintenance occupations (15.47%), office and administrative support (14.33%), and sales jobs (12.32%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.70% 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. 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, Swansea has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Swansea a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Swansea is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Swansea, the average commute to work is 30.79 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Swansea 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.Swansea ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.55% of people over 25 have a college degree. The per capita income in Swansea in 2022 was $25,068, 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 $100,272 for a family of four. However, Swansea contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Swansea is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Swansea home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Swansea residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Swansea include African, English, Irish, German, and Eastern European. The most common language spoken in Swansea is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
