Yemassee is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,082 people and two associated neighborhoods, Yemassee is the 181st largest community in South Carolina.
There are many members of the armed forces living in Yemassee. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.
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, Yemassee has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Yemassee a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Yemassee, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.57 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Yemassee doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Yemassee is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.38% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Yemassee in 2022 was $26,606, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,424 for a family of four. Yemassee also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.40% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Yemassee is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Yemassee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Yemassee residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Yemassee include European, Irish, Swedish, Scots-Irish, and Other Subsaharan African.
The most common language spoken in Yemassee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.