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Hampton - Brunson, SC

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Overview


Hampton - Brunson is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,223 people and just one neighborhood, Hampton - Brunson is the 128th largest community in South Carolina.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Hampton - Brunson isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hampton - Brunson are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hampton - Brunson is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hampton - Brunson who work in management occupations (11.48%), food service (10.86%), and office and administrative support (9.94%).

A relatively large number of people in Hampton - Brunson telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.32% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Hampton - Brunson has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Hampton - Brunson a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

As is often the case in a small town, Hampton - Brunson doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Hampton - Brunson rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.05% of adults 25 and older in Hampton - Brunson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Hampton - Brunson in 2022 was $32,109, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,436 for a family of four. However, Hampton - Brunson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hampton - Brunson is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hampton - Brunson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hampton - Brunson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hampton - Brunson include English, German, Irish, French, and European.

The most common language spoken in Hampton - Brunson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and French.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 95.5% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Hampton - Brunson are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 10.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.1% 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, 31.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 30.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.9%), and 13.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.8% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Hampton - Brunson, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (6.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.6%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.0%), along with some British ancestry residents (1.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (74.8%) 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 (14.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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