Wallace is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 843 people and just one neighborhood, Wallace is the 192nd largest community in South Carolina.
Unlike some towns, Wallace isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wallace are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wallace is a town of service providers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Wallace who work in healthcare suport services (28.95%), food service (22.81%), and art, media, and design (11.84%).
Of important note, Wallace is also a town of artists. Wallace has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Wallace’s character.
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, Wallace has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Wallace a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Wallace does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Wallace ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 1.19% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Wallace in 2022 was $24,861, 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 $99,444 for a family of four.
Wallace is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wallace home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wallace residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wallace include English, Scottish, Scots-Irish, Italian, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Wallace is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.5% of all neighborhoods in America, with 44.7% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
The types of households in a neighborhood can tell a lot about the character and lifestyle of those living here. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood, above nearly every neighborhood in America, has a greater percentage of its residents living alone: 54.3%. This is a higher percent living alone than we found in 97.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Often residents who live alone are new arrivals to an area who are single, and often senior citizens who have lost a spouse.
In addition, the neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 95.9% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (24.8%) than in 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Wallace are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 51.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.3% 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, 33.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 28.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (26.4%), and 12.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Wallace, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (7.9%). There are also a number of people of Native American ancestry (2.3%), and residents who report French roots (1.3%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (1.2%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (1.2%), among others.
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 (42.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (75.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (24.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.