Swansea is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 771 people and four associated neighborhoods, Swansea is the 207th largest community in South Carolina.

Of important note, Swansea is also a town of artists. Swansea has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Swansea’s character.

A relatively large number of people in Swansea telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.02% 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, Swansea has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Swansea a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Swansea, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.14 minutes every day commuting to work.

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

The percentage of adults in Swansea who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.04% of the adults in Swansea have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Swansea in 2022 was $26,176, 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 $104,704 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, Irish, English, and Scottish.

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