Allendale is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,515 people and two associated neighborhoods, Allendale is the 116th largest community in South Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Allendale is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.55% of the Allendale workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Allendale is a town of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Allendale who work in office and administrative support (8.87%), law enforcement and fire fighting (7.82%), and management occupations (7.69%). 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, Allendale has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Allendale a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Allendale does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Allendale with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.35% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Allendale in 2022 was $15,033, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $60,132 for a family of four. Allendale also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 43.32% of its population below the federal poverty line.Allendale is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Allendale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Allendale residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Allendale include Celtic, Belgian, English, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, and Jamaican. The most common language spoken in Allendale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Chinese.
