Pacolet is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,477 people and just one neighborhood, Pacolet is the 129th largest community in South Carolina.
When you are in Pacolet, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.95% of Pacolet’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Pacolet is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pacolet who work in office and administrative support (12.82%), sales jobs (10.49%), and food service (7.46%).
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Pacolet is worth considering.
As is often the case in a small town, Pacolet doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Pacolet rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.06% of adults 25 and older in Pacolet have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Pacolet in 2022 was $26,024, 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 $104,096 for a family of four.
Pacolet is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pacolet home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pacolet residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pacolet include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Pacolet is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Pacolet are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 9.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 53.2% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 38.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 30.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.1%), and 12.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.3%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Pacolet, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (10.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.3%), and residents who report German roots (6.0%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (1.4%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.2%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (17.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.