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!) Harleyville 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. Harleyville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Harleyville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Harleyville may be for you.
Harleyville is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Harleyville isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.24% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
As is often the case in a small town, Harleyville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Harleyville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.69% of adults in Harleyville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Harleyville in 2022 was $24,362, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,448 for a family of four. However, Harleyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Harleyville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.28% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Harleyville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Harleyville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Harleyville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Harleyville include Irish, English, Scottish, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Harleyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.
