Effingham is a somewhat small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 6,602 people and two associated neighborhoods, Effingham is the 66th largest community in South Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Effingham is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.00% of the Effingham workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Effingham is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Effingham who work in sales jobs (10.92%), office and administrative support (10.70%), and maintenance occupations (5.80%). 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!) Effingham 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. Effingham has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Effingham than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Effingham may be for you.The percentage of adults in Effingham who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.26% of the adults in Effingham have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Effingham in 2022 was $27,181, 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 $108,724 for a family of four. However, Effingham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Effingham is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Effingham home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Effingham residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Effingham include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Effingham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
