Williamston is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 4,285 people and five associated neighborhoods, Williamston is the 88th largest community in South Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Williamston is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.87% of the Williamston workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Williamston is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Williamston who work in food service (11.82%), office and administrative support (10.54%), and sales jobs (8.70%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Williamston has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Williamston has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Williamston than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Williamston may be for you. As is often the case in a small town, Williamston doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Williamston are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.41% of adults in Williamston have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Williamston in 2022 was $29,734, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,936 for a family of four. However, Williamston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Williamston is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Williamston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Williamston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Williamston include Irish, English, German, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Williamston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
