Enoree is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 687 people and just one neighborhood, Enoree is the 211th largest community in South Carolina. Enoree has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Unlike some towns, Enoree isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Enoree are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Enoree is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Enoree who work in maintenance occupations (26.63%), food service (14.57%), and healthcare suport services (8.54%).
A relatively large number of people in Enoree telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 18.09% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
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, Enoree is worth considering.
One downside of living in Enoree, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.57 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Enoree does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Enoree has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 2.71% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Enoree in 2022 was $21,078, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,312 for a family of four. Enoree also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 41.50% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Enoree is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Enoree home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Enoree residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Enoree also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.73% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Enoree include Irish, English, German, Welsh, and Scots-Irish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Enoree's cultural character, accounting for 18.59% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Enoree is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
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.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.2% of all neighborhoods in America, with 30.5% 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.
With more than 1.6% of residents living with a same sex partner, is truly a neighborhood that stands out from the rest in this regard. In fact, exclusive analysis by NeighborhoodScout reveals that this neighborhood has a greater concentration of same sex couples than 95.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry.
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 Enoree are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 10.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 40.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.1%), and 11.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.3%).
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 Enoree, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (13.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.7%), and residents who report German roots (7.5%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.9%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.