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!) Summerton 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. Summerton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Summerton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Summerton may be for you.
In Summerton, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.67 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Summerton 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.
In terms of college education, Summerton is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.07% of adults in Summerton have a college degree.
The per capita income in Summerton in 2022 was $25,067, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,268 for a family of four. However, Summerton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Summerton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Summerton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Summerton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Summerton include English, French, Irish, German, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Summerton is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Polish.
