One downside of living in Kershaw, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.24 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Kershaw does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Kershaw rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.60% of adults 25 and older in Kershaw have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Kershaw in 2022 was $27,968, 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 $111,872 for a family of four. However, Kershaw contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Kershaw is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kershaw home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kershaw residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kershaw include Irish, English, Scots-Irish, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Kershaw is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
