Andrews is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,530 people and five associated neighborhoods, Andrews is the 117th largest community in South Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Andrews is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.15% of the Andrews workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Andrews is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Andrews who work in maintenance occupations (15.73%), office and administrative support (15.41%), and healthcare suport services (7.38%). One downside of living in Andrews is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Andrews, the average commute to work is 39.18 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The percentage of people in Andrews with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.40% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Andrews in 2022 was $27,463, 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 $109,852 for a family of four. However, Andrews contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Andrews also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.22% of its population below the federal poverty line.Andrews is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Andrews home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Andrews residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Andrews include Scottish, French, Irish, German, and English. The most common language spoken in Andrews is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
