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!) Swansea 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. Swansea has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Swansea than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Swansea may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Swansea doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Swansea is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.66% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Swansea in 2022 was $25,292, 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 $101,168 for a family of four. However, Swansea contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Swansea is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Swansea home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Swansea residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Swansea include African, German, English, Irish, and Eastern European.
The most common language spoken in Swansea is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
