Denmark is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Denmark area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Denmark maintain a good economy.
For a small city, Denmark has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Denmark exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The citizens of Denmark are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.08% of adults in Denmark have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Denmark in 2022 was $15,041, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $60,164 for a family of four. However, Denmark contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Denmark is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Denmark home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Denmark residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Denmark include Liberian, Irish, German, Bahamian, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Denmark is English. Other important languages spoken here include Russian and Spanish.
