In Yemassee, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.35 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Yemassee is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Yemassee are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.77% of adults in Yemassee have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Yemassee in 2022 was $27,794, 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 $111,176 for a family of four. However, Yemassee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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, English, African, Scottish, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Yemassee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Armenian.
