Because of many things, Piedmont is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Piedmont really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Piedmont perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
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!) Piedmont 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. Piedmont has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Piedmont than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Piedmont may be for you.
Being a small city, Piedmont does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Piedmont is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.34% of adults 25 and older in Piedmont have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Piedmont in 2022 was $29,833, which is lower middle income relative to South Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,332 for a family of four. However, Piedmont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Piedmont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Piedmont residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Piedmont include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and French.
The most common language spoken in Piedmont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
