Moore is a somewhat small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 13,257 people and three associated neighborhoods, Moore is the 41st largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Moore is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Moore is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Moore who work in office and administrative support (11.52%), management occupations (8.99%), and healthcare (8.83%). Also of interest is that Moore has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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!) Moore 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. Moore has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Moore than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Moore may be for you. Moore 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 overall education level of Moore citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.23% of adults in Moore have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Moore in 2022 was $37,129, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $148,516 for a family of four. However, Moore contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Moore is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Moore home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Moore residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Moore include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Moore is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
