Landrum is a very small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,792 people and two associated neighborhoods, Landrum is the 120th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Landrum is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Landrum is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Landrum who work in office and administrative support (12.89%), sales jobs (9.93%), and teaching (7.24%). Also of interest is that Landrum has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.96% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Landrum 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. Landrum has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Landrum than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Landrum may be for you. Landrum 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.The population of Landrum overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Landrum, 22.56% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Landrum in 2022 was $31,448, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,792 for a family of four. However, Landrum contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Landrum is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Landrum home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Landrum residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Landrum include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Landrum is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
