Pickens is a very small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 3,188 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Pickens is the 98th largest community in South Carolina.

Being a small city, Pickens does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of adults in Pickens who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.83% of the adults in Pickens have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pickens in 2022 was $28,466, 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 $113,864 for a family of four. However, Pickens contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Pickens is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pickens home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pickens residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pickens include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Pickens is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.