St. Matthews is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,827 people and two associated neighborhoods, St. Matthews is the 146th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, St. Matthews is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, St. Matthews is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Matthews who work in teaching (14.00%), office and administrative support (12.59%), and management occupations (11.17%). A relatively large number of people in St. Matthews telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.57% 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. Being a small town, St. Matthews does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, St. Matthews 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: 29.54% of adults in St. Matthews have a college degree. The per capita income in St. Matthews in 2022 was $30,598, 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 $122,392 for a family of four. However, St. Matthews contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. St. Matthews is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call St. Matthews home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Matthews residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in St. Matthews include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in St. Matthews is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
