Harleyville is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 698 people and two associated neighborhoods, Harleyville is the 213th largest community in South Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Harleyville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.34% of the Harleyville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Harleyville is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Harleyville who work in food service (15.29%), management occupations (8.02%), and sales jobs (6.77%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Harleyville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Harleyville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Harleyville is a very car-oriented town. 97.24% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Harleyville is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Harleyville has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well. Harleyville 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 citizens of Harleyville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.69% of adults in Harleyville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Harleyville in 2022 was $24,362, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,448 for a family of four. However, Harleyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Harleyville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.28% of its population below the federal poverty line.Harleyville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Harleyville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Harleyville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Harleyville include Irish, English, Scottish, German, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Harleyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.
