Woodruff is a very small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 4,569 people and four associated neighborhoods, Woodruff is the 85th largest community in South Carolina. Woodruff has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Woodruff is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Woodruff is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Woodruff who work in food service (15.56%), sales jobs (12.34%), and healthcare suport services (10.37%). Being a small city, Woodruff does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Woodruff citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.73% of adults 25 and older in Woodruff have a college degree. The per capita income in Woodruff in 2022 was $27,350, 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 $109,400 for a family of four. However, Woodruff contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Woodruff is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Woodruff home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Woodruff residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Woodruff include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Woodruff is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
