Ware Shoals is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,703 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.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ware Shoals is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 55.31% of the Ware Shoals workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 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 (10.46%), sales jobs (5.38%), and food service (5.08%). 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. One downside of living in Ware Shoals is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ware Shoals, the average commute to work is 31.78 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. 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.The citizens of Ware Shoals have a very low rate of college education: just 9.05% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Ware Shoals in 2022 was $20,518, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $82,072 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 51.25% 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 27.50% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ware Shoals include German, English, Irish, Welsh, and African. The most common language spoken in Ware Shoals is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
