Aiken is a medium-sized city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 32,463 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Aiken is the 15th largest community in South Carolina. Aiken real estate is some of the most expensive in South Carolina, although Aiken house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Aiken is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Aiken is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Aiken who work in management occupations (11.71%), teaching (9.66%), and sales jobs (9.60%). Also of interest is that Aiken has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.59% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. The citizens of Aiken are among the most well-educated in the nation: 43.12% of adults in Aiken have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Aiken in 2022 was $40,926, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $163,704 for a family of four. However, Aiken contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Aiken is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Aiken home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Aiken residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Aiken include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Aiken is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
