Yemassee is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,082 people and two associated neighborhoods, Yemassee is the 181st largest community in South Carolina.Yemassee is a blue-collar town, with 42.04% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Yemassee is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Yemassee who work in office and administrative support (12.53%), sales jobs (9.40%), and farm management occupations (7.31%). Yemassee is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Yemassee, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town. 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, Yemassee is worth considering. One downside of living in Yemassee is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Yemassee, the average commute to work is 32.57 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Yemassee 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 percentage of people in Yemassee with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.38% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Yemassee in 2022 was $26,606, 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 $106,424 for a family of four. Yemassee also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.40% of its population below the federal poverty line.Yemassee is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Yemassee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Yemassee residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Yemassee include European, Irish, Swedish, Scots-Irish, and Other Subsaharan African. The most common language spoken in Yemassee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
