It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Wellford 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. Wellford has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Wellford than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Wellford may be for you.
Wellford is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Wellford with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.90% of adults in Wellford have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Wellford in 2022 was $21,881, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,524 for a family of four. However, Wellford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Wellford is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wellford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wellford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wellford include German, English, Finnish, Irish, and Hungarian.
The most common language spoken in Wellford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Miao/Hmong and Italian.
