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Summerville, SC
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Summerville profile


Living in Summerville



Summerville is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 51,617 people and 24 associated neighborhoods, Summerville is the seventh largest community in South Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Summerville, 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 Summerville, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Summerville’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Summerville does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $73,712.00.

Summerville real estate is some of the most expensive in South Carolina, although Summerville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Summerville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.34% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

In Summerville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.19 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

The education level of Summerville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.14% of adults in Summerville have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Summerville in 2018 was $38,714, 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 $154,856 for a family of four. However, Summerville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Summerville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.