Bethune is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 331 people and just one neighborhood, Bethune is the 250th largest community in South Carolina.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bethune is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bethune is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bethune who work in teaching (17.65%), sales jobs (15.44%), and management occupations (13.24%).
One downside of living in Bethune, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.94 minutes every day commuting to work.
Bethune is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Bethune overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Bethune, 21.61% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Bethune in 2022 was $26,647, 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 $106,588 for a family of four. However, Bethune contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bethune also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.15% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Bethune is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bethune home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bethune residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bethune also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.16% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bethune include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Bethune is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and West Germanic languages.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Bethune, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 41.5% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 25 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Bethune are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 40.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.4%), and 14.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.4%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Bethune, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (7.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.2%), and residents who report German roots (5.2%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.1%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (1.6%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (76.0%) 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 (11.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.