Conway is a medium-sized city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 27,346 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Conway is the 18th largest community in South Carolina. Much of the housing stock in Conway was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Conway economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Conway, where the median household income is $48,161.00.Conway is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Conway is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Conway who work in sales jobs (14.53%), office and administrative support (10.70%), and food service (10.19%). Also of interest is that Conway has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Conway is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Conway enrolled in college, Conway has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students. In terms of college education, Conway is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.24% of adults 25 and older in Conway have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Conway in 2022 was $23,818, 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 $95,272 for a family of four. However, Conway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Conway is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Conway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Conway residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Conway include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Conway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
