Waterloo is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 156 people and two associated neighborhoods, Waterloo is the 278th largest community in South Carolina.Waterloo is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Waterloo is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waterloo who work in office and administrative support (33.96%), sales jobs (16.98%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (9.43%). Overall, Waterloo’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Waterloo has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Waterloo a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Waterloo, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 43.16 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Waterloo does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Waterloo overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Waterloo, 21.90% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Waterloo in 2022 was $16,849, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,396 for a family of four. However, Waterloo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Waterloo also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.26% of its population below the federal poverty line.Waterloo is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Waterloo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waterloo residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Waterloo include German, Irish, English, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian. The most common language spoken in Waterloo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Mon-Khmer (Cambodian).
