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, Beech Island is worth considering.
In Beech Island, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.60 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Beech Island does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Beech Island are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.36% of adults in Beech Island have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Beech Island in 2022 was $21,390, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,560 for a family of four. However, Beech Island contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Beech Island also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.29% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Beech Island is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Beech Island home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Beech Island residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Beech Island include Irish, Scottish, German, French, and English.
The most common language spoken in Beech Island is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
