Springdale is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,720 people and just one neighborhood, Springdale is the 114th largest community in South Carolina.
Unlike some towns, Springdale isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Springdale are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Springdale is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Springdale who work in management occupations (17.54%), office and administrative support (14.99%), and teaching (7.80%).
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, Springdale has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Springdale a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.02 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small town, Springdale does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Springdale who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.42% of adults in Springdale have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Springdale in 2022 was $41,477, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $165,908 for a family of four. However, Springdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Springdale is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Springdale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Springdale residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Springdale include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Guyanese.
The most common language spoken in Springdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Romanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Romanian 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 Springdale are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 37.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 40.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 24.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.9%), and 14.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 80.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (14.6%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Springdale, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.1%), and residents who report Mexican roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (8.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.2%), among others. In addition, 14.5% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 (48.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.8%) 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 (8.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.