Bennettsville is a somewhat small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 6,654 people and four associated neighborhoods, Bennettsville is the 64th largest community in South Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Bennettsville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.59% of the Bennettsville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Bennettsville is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bennettsville who work in sales jobs (11.45%), food service (9.72%), and office and administrative support (8.08%). Also of interest is that Bennettsville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small city, Bennettsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Bennettsville, just 10.40% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Bennettsville in 2022 was $21,151, 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 $84,604 for a family of four. However, Bennettsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bennettsville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bennettsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bennettsville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Bennettsville include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and African. The most common language spoken in Bennettsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.
