Ware Shoals is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,716 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ware Shoals is the 150th largest community in South Carolina. Ware Shoals has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.Ware Shoals is a blue-collar town, with 47.53% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Ware Shoals is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ware Shoals who work in office and administrative support (13.97%), teaching (6.30%), and management occupations (5.75%). Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Ware Shoals is worth considering. Ware Shoals 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.In Ware Shoals, just 8.33% 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 Ware Shoals in 2022 was $19,488, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,952 for a family of four. However, Ware Shoals contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ware Shoals also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.19% of its population below the federal poverty line.Ware Shoals is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ware Shoals home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ware Shoals residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ware Shoals also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.16% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ware Shoals include English, German, Irish, Welsh, and African. The most common language spoken in Ware Shoals is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
