Gilbert is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 601 people and four associated neighborhoods, Gilbert is the 223rd largest community in South Carolina. Gilbert has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Gilbert, where the median household income is $72,500.00.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Gilbert is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gilbert is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gilbert who work in management occupations (16.85%), office and administrative support (13.26%), and healthcare (10.04%). Gilbert is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Gilbert, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town. Also of interest is that Gilbert has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.15% 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 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, Gilbert has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Gilbert a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Gilbert, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.58 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small town, Gilbert doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of adults in Gilbert who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.20% of the adults in Gilbert have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Gilbert in 2022 was $40,681, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $162,724 for a family of four. However, Gilbert contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gilbert is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gilbert home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gilbert residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gilbert include German, English, European, Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Gilbert is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
