Belton is a very small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 4,511 people and six associated neighborhoods, Belton is the 84th largest community in South Carolina.Belton is a blue-collar town, with 37.88% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Belton is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Belton who work in healthcare suport services (12.22%), management occupations (10.50%), and teaching (7.10%). One downside of living in Belton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Belton, the average commute to work is 30.66 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Belton is a small city, 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, the citizens of Belton rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.59% of adults 25 and older in Belton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Belton in 2022 was $33,601, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,404 for a family of four. However, Belton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Belton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Belton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Belton include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Belton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
