Lynchburg is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 308 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lynchburg is the 249th largest community in South Carolina.
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!) Lynchburg 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. Lynchburg has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lynchburg than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lynchburg may be for you.
In Lynchburg, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.49 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Lynchburg 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 population of Lynchburg has a very low overall level of education: only 6.83% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Lynchburg in 2022 was $16,526, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,104 for a family of four. Lynchburg also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 60.32% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Lynchburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lynchburg residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Lynchburg include Irish, Dutch, German, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Lynchburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Spanish.