It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Hartsville 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. Hartsville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hartsville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hartsville may be for you.
One downside of living in Hartsville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hartsville, the average commute to work is 38.81 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Hartsville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Hartsville have a very low rate of college education: just 9.76% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Hartsville in 2022 was $26,522, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,088 for a family of four. However, Hartsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hartsville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hartsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hartsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hartsville include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Hartsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.
