Cottageville is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 705 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cottageville is the 209th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cottageville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cottageville is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cottageville who work in sales jobs (20.15%), office and administrative support (15.61%), and management occupations (12.89%). 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!) Cottageville 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. Cottageville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cottageville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cottageville may be for you. One downside of living in Cottageville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 41.08 minutes every day commuting to work. In Cottageville, just 11.45% 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 Cottageville in 2022 was $27,837, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,348 for a family of four. However, Cottageville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cottageville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cottageville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cottageville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cottageville include English, Irish, German, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Cottageville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
