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Lockhart, SC

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Overview


Lockhart is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 370 people and just one neighborhood, Lockhart is the 240th largest community in South Carolina. Much of the housing stock in Lockhart was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Lockhart is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lockhart is a town of professionals, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lockhart who work in healthcare (27.27%), management occupations (8.33%), and maintenance occupations (6.82%).

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, Lockhart has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lockhart a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Lockhart, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.98 minutes every day commuting to work.

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

Demographics

The population of Lockhart has a very low overall level of education: only 9.52% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Lockhart in 2022 was $20,581, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $82,324 for a family of four. However, Lockhart contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Lockhart is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Lockhart, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 94.7% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 36 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

The Neighbors

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 Lockhart are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 39.1% 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 35.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.0%), and 4.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Lockhart, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (7.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (6.5%), and residents who report English roots (6.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (2.4%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (2.3%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (55.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (94.7%) 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.


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