Fair Play is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 704 people and just one neighborhood, Fair Play is the 208th largest community in South Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Fair Play, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Fair Play, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Fair Play’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Fair Play does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $109,511.00.
Fair Play is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fair Play is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fair Play who work in architecture and engineering (16.20%), business and financial occupations (16.20%), and sales jobs (15.85%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.60% 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.
Another notable thing is that Fair Play is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Fair Play’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
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!) Fair Play 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. Fair Play has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fair Play than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fair Play may be for you.
In Fair Play, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.78 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Fair Play doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Fair Play is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.80% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Fair Play in 2022 was $43,585, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $174,340 for a family of four. However, Fair Play contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Fair Play home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fair Play residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Fair Play include German, English, Irish, Polish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Fair Play is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
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 98.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 47.6% 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.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Fair Play is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in SC, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 85.0% of the neighborhoods in South Carolina. If you are considering retiring to South Carolina, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
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 Fair Play are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.7% 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, 37.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.9%), and 12.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.9% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.6%).
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 Fair Play, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report English roots (9.6%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (4.8%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (4.5%), 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 (48.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.5%) 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 (9.9%) and 6.1% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.