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!) Bonneau 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. Bonneau has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bonneau than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bonneau may be for you.
One downside of living in Bonneau, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.08 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Bonneau does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Bonneau, just 12.87% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Bonneau in 2022 was $32,056, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,224 for a family of four. However, Bonneau contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bonneau also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.21% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Bonneau is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bonneau home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bonneau residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bonneau include English, Irish, French, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Bonneau is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
