Bonneau is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 433 people and two associated neighborhoods, Bonneau is the 236th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bonneau is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bonneau is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bonneau who work in office and administrative support (15.00%), management occupations (8.50%), and teaching (8.00%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.50% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bonneau has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bonneau has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bonneau than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bonneau may be for you. One downside of living in Bonneau is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bonneau, the average commute to work is 35.08 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Bonneau does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The rate of college-level education in Bonneau is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.87% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Bonneau in 2022 was $32,056, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,224 for a family of four. However, Bonneau contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bonneau also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.21% of its population below the federal poverty line.Bonneau is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bonneau home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bonneau residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bonneau include English, Irish, French, German, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Bonneau is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
