West Columbia is a medium-sized city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 18,316 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, West Columbia is the 30th largest community in South Carolina.West Columbia is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, West Columbia is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Columbia who work in sales jobs (11.69%), teaching (11.60%), and office and administrative support (11.47%). Also of interest is that West Columbia has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in West Columbia telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.12% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. As is often the case in a small city, West Columbia doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of West Columbia are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.10% of adults in West Columbia have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in West Columbia in 2022 was $35,326, 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 $141,304 for a family of four. However, West Columbia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. West Columbia is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Columbia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Columbia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. West Columbia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.61% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Columbia include German, English, Irish, African, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in West Columbia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
