Hollywood is a somewhat small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 5,445 people and three associated neighborhoods, Hollywood is the 74th largest community in South Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Hollywood, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Hollywood, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Hollywood’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Hollywood does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $77,415.00. Hollywood real estate is some of the most expensive in South Carolina, although Hollywood house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some towns, Hollywood isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hollywood are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hollywood is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hollywood who work in office and administrative support (11.50%), maintenance occupations (11.13%), and management occupations (10.77%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.92% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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!) Hollywood 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. Hollywood has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hollywood than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hollywood may be for you. One downside of living in Hollywood is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hollywood, the average commute to work is 34.84 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Hollywood doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Hollywood is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.55% of adults in Hollywood have a college degree. The per capita income in Hollywood in 2022 was $49,440, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $197,760 for a family of four. However, Hollywood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hollywood is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hollywood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hollywood residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hollywood include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Hollywood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
