Harleyville is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 740 people and two associated neighborhoods, Harleyville is the 213th largest community in South Carolina.When you are in Harleyville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 56.52% of Harleyville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Harleyville is a town of production and manufacturing workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Harleyville who work in business and financial occupations (10.51%), maintenance occupations (5.80%), and management occupations (5.43%). 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!) Harleyville 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. Harleyville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Harleyville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Harleyville may be for you. In Harleyville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.54 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Harleyville is a very car-oriented town. 96.92% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Harleyville is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Harleyville has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well. Being a small town, Harleyville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Harleyville, just 8.49% 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 Harleyville in 2022 was $34,726, 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 $138,904 for a family of four. However, Harleyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Harleyville is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Harleyville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Harleyville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Harleyville include Irish, German, English, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Harleyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
