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, Harleyville is worth considering.
In Harleyville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.54 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
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. 96.92% 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.
Harleyville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Harleyville have a very low rate of college education: just 8.49% 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 Harleyville in 2022 was $34,726, 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 $138,904 for a family of four. However, Harleyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Harleyville is a very 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, German, English, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Harleyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
