Overall, Waterloo’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Waterloo is worth considering.
One downside of living in Waterloo is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Waterloo, the average commute to work is 43.16 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Waterloo does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Waterloo are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.90% of adults in Waterloo having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Waterloo in 2022 was $16,849, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,396 for a family of four. However, Waterloo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Waterloo also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.26% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Waterloo is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Waterloo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waterloo residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Waterloo include German, Irish, English, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Waterloo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Mon-Khmer (Cambodian).
