Woodruff is a very small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 4,431 people and four associated neighborhoods, Woodruff is the 85th largest community in South Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Woodruff is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.31% of the Woodruff workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Woodruff is a city of service providers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Woodruff who work in food service (12.38%), sales jobs (7.37%), and healthcare (7.37%). Being a small city, Woodruff does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Woodruff who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.70% of the adults in Woodruff have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Woodruff in 2022 was $29,436, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,744 for a family of four. However, Woodruff contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Woodruff is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Woodruff home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Woodruff residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Woodruff include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Woodruff is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
