Bennettsville is a somewhat small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 7,595 people and four associated neighborhoods, Bennettsville is the 64th largest community in South Carolina.When you are in Bennettsville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.46% of Bennettsville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Bennettsville is a city of professionals, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bennettsville who work in sales jobs (8.57%), personal care services (7.09%), and office and administrative support (6.65%). Also of interest is that Bennettsville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small city, Bennettsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The rate of college-level education in Bennettsville is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.93% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Bennettsville in 2022 was $22,380, 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 $89,520 for a family of four. However, Bennettsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bennettsville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bennettsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bennettsville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Bennettsville include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Bennettsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.
