Despite the fact that it is a small town, Kingstree has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the town for affordable transportation.
The citizens of Kingstree are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.28% of adults in Kingstree having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Kingstree in 2022 was $27,364, 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 $109,456 for a family of four. However, Kingstree contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kingstree also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.50% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Kingstree is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kingstree home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kingstree residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Kingstree include Irish, English, Scots-Irish, African, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Kingstree is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Langs. of India.
