Belton is a very small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 4,444 people and six associated neighborhoods, Belton is the 84th largest community in South Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Belton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.43% of the Belton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Belton is a city of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Belton who work in healthcare suport services (12.90%), office and administrative support (9.94%), and management occupations (8.73%). 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!) Belton 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. Belton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Belton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Belton may be for you. In Belton, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.27 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small city, Belton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of people in Belton with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.60% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Belton in 2022 was $31,283, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,132 for a family of four. However, Belton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Belton is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Belton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Belton include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Belton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
