Eastover is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 621 people and just one neighborhood, Eastover is the 218th largest community in South Carolina.
Eastover is a military town: the armed forces employs 7.55% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Accommodation and Transportation are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 23.81% and 23.81% of the civilian workforce respectively.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.21% 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!) Eastover 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. Eastover has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Eastover than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Eastover may be for you.
In Eastover, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.35 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
For a small town, Eastover has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Eastover exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The population of Eastover has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 2.05% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Eastover in 2022 was $17,163, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $68,652 for a family of four. Eastover also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.27% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Eastover is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Eastover home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Eastover residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Eastover include African, Scots-Irish, English, German, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Eastover is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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 Eastover, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 28.4% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 98.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 38.0% 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 32 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Eastover are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 44.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.0% 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, 31.0% 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 30.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.9%), and 18.1% 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.
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 Eastover, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (10.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.3%), and residents who report Italian roots (4.2%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (3.7%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (3.2%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (58.3%) 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 (28.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.