Hemingway is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 472 people and three associated neighborhoods, Hemingway is the 229th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some towns, Hemingway isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hemingway are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hemingway is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hemingway who work in maintenance occupations (15.85%), teaching (15.85%), and office and administrative support (12.80%). It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Hemingway 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. Hemingway has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hemingway than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hemingway may be for you. One downside of living in Hemingway, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 38.40 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Hemingway does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Hemingway who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.44% of adults in Hemingway have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Hemingway in 2022 was $32,175, 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 $128,700 for a family of four. However, Hemingway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hemingway is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hemingway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hemingway residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hemingway include Irish, English, Italian, German, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Hemingway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
