McColl is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,993 people and just one neighborhood, McColl is the 135th largest community in South Carolina.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, McColl is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.83% of the McColl workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, McColl is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in McColl who work in sales jobs (11.58%), maintenance occupations (10.31%), and office and administrative support (9.32%).
Also of interest is that McColl has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
McColl 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.
McColl ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.35% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in McColl in 2022 was $15,155, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $60,620 for a family of four.
McColl is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call McColl home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McColl residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in McColl include Irish, English, German, Italian, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in McColl is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 44.1% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.6% of American neighborhoods.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 32.2% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 95.1% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 10.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in McColl are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 35.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 44.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 22.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (19.0%), and 14.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in McColl, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (10.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.3%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.0%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (1.1%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (10.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.