Piedmont is a somewhat small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 5,571 people and six associated neighborhoods, Piedmont is the 73rd largest community in South Carolina.

A relatively large number of people in Piedmont telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.41% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Piedmont has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Piedmont a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Piedmont 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 adults in Piedmont who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.63% of the adults in Piedmont have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Piedmont in 2022 was $30,664, 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 $122,656 for a family of four. However, Piedmont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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