Seneca is a somewhat small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 9,043 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Seneca is the 54th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some cities, Seneca isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Seneca are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Seneca is a city of professionals, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Seneca who work in management occupations (11.09%), food service (9.85%), and teaching (8.88%). One of the benefits of Seneca is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.53 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small city, Seneca does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Seneca is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.23% of adults in Seneca have a college degree. The per capita income in Seneca in 2022 was $32,598, 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 $130,392 for a family of four. However, Seneca contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Seneca is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Seneca home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Seneca residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Seneca include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Greek. The most common language spoken in Seneca is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
