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Donalds, SC

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Overview


Donalds is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 321 people and just one neighborhood, Donalds is the 246th largest community in South Carolina.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Donalds isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Donalds are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Donalds is a town of managers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Donalds who work in management occupations (29.20%), healthcare suport services (9.49%), and sales jobs (8.03%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Donalds 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. Donalds has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Donalds than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Donalds may be for you.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Donalds with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.18% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Donalds in 2022 was $25,866, 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 $103,464 for a family of four. However, Donalds contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Donalds is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Donalds home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Donalds residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Donalds include German, Canadian, Irish, English, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Donalds is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.5% of all neighborhoods in America, with 38.9% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

In addition, one of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 96.2% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Donalds are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 5.3% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 63.7% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 43.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 30.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.8%), and 10.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Donalds, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (8.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.2%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.5%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (1.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (37.2% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (83.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (11.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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