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!) Iva 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. Iva has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Iva than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Iva may be for you.
Iva 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 percentage of people in Iva with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.18% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Iva in 2022 was $19,692, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,768 for a family of four. However, Iva contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Iva also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 39.34% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Iva is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Iva home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Iva residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Iva include English, Scottish, German, Irish, and British.
The most common language spoken in Iva is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
