Enoree is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 687 people and just one neighborhood, Enoree is the 211th largest community in South Carolina. Much of the housing stock in Enoree was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Enoree is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Enoree is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Enoree who work in maintenance occupations (33.85%), food service (16.67%), and healthcare suport services (8.85%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.23% 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!) Enoree 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. Enoree has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Enoree than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Enoree may be for you.
One downside of living in Enoree is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Enoree, the average commute to work is 35.30 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Enoree 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.
Enoree ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 2.34% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Enoree in 2022 was $21,335, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $85,340 for a family of four. Enoree also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 42.58% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Enoree is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Enoree home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Enoree residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Enoree also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.19% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Enoree include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Welsh.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Enoree's cultural character, accounting for 19.92% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Enoree is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 30.8% 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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 88.3% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.4% of all American neighborhoods.
With more than 1.6% of residents living with a same sex partner, is truly a neighborhood that stands out from the rest in this regard. In fact, exclusive analysis by NeighborhoodScout reveals that this neighborhood has a greater concentration of same sex couples than 95.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh 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 Enoree are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 36.7% 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 25.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.3%), and 11.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.7%).
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 Enoree, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (18.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.1%), and residents who report German roots (7.3%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (4.4%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (2.1%), 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 (34.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (88.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.