Waterloo is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 154 people and two associated neighborhoods, Waterloo is the 278th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some towns, Waterloo isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Waterloo are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Waterloo is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Waterloo who work in office and administrative support (35.29%), sales jobs (7.84%), and art, media, and design (7.84%). Of important note, Waterloo is also a town of artists. Waterloo has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Waterloo’s character. 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. In Waterloo, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 40.74 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Waterloo is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Waterloo isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more. Being a small town, Waterloo does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Waterloo citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.41% of adults in Waterloo have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Waterloo in 2022 was $16,085, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $64,340 for a family of four. Waterloo also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.98% 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 English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Yugoslavian. The most common language spoken in Waterloo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Mon-Khmer (Cambodian).
