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.When you are in Williamston, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.87% of Williamston’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. 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%). 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, Williamston has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Williamston a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Williamston does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Williamston rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.41% of adults 25 and older in Williamston have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. 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.
