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, St. Helena Island has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes St. Helena Island a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
St. Helena Island is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
One downside of living in St. Helena Island is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In St. Helena Island, the average commute to work is 32.11 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The citizens of St. Helena Island are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.26% of adults in St. Helena Island have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in St. Helena Island in 2022 was $43,913, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $175,652 for a family of four. However, St. Helena Island contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
St. Helena Island is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call St. Helena Island home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Helena Island residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in St. Helena Island include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in St. Helena Island is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
