Piedmont is a somewhat small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 5,571 people and six associated neighborhoods, Piedmont is the 73rd largest community in South Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Piedmont is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.59% of the Piedmont workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Piedmont is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Piedmont who work in sales jobs (14.50%), teaching (6.92%), and management occupations (6.31%). A relatively large number of people in Piedmont telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.41% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 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!) Piedmont 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. Piedmont has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Piedmont than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Piedmont may be for you. Piedmont is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Piedmont citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.63% of adults 25 and older in Piedmont have a college degree. The per capita income in Piedmont in 2022 was $30,664, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,656 for a family of four. However, Piedmont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Piedmont is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Piedmont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Piedmont residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Piedmont include English, Irish, German, Scandinavian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Piedmont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
