Cope is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 32 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cope is the 296th largest community in South Carolina. Cope has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.Cope is a blue-collar town, with 71.43% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Cope is a town of transportation and shipping workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cope who work in teaching (28.57%), office and administrative support (0.00%), and sales jobs (0.00%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 28.57% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 overall crime rate in Cope is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. 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!) Cope 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. Cope has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cope than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cope may be for you. One downside of living in Cope is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Cope, the average commute to work is 31.50 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Cope doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In Cope, just 7.41% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Cope in 2022 was $18,907, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,628 for a family of four. Cope also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 55.56% of its population below the federal poverty line.Cope is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cope home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cope residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Cope include Scottish, English, German, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian. The most common language spoken in Cope is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
