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, Pelion is worth considering.
In Pelion, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.48 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Pelion does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Pelion is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.64% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Pelion in 2022 was $31,194, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,776 for a family of four. However, Pelion contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pelion is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pelion home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pelion residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pelion include English, Irish, German, African, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Pelion is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
