Blacksburg is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,912 people and three associated neighborhoods, Blacksburg is the 144th largest community in South Carolina.
Blacksburg 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.
In Blacksburg, just 12.24% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Blacksburg in 2022 was $17,957, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,828 for a family of four. However, Blacksburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Blacksburg also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.24% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Blacksburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Blacksburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Blacksburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Blacksburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.69% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Blacksburg include Irish, German, English, Scots-Irish, and Nigerian.
The most common language spoken in Blacksburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.