Piedmont is a somewhat small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 5,571 people and six associated neighborhoods, Piedmont is the 73rd largest community in South Carolina.When you are in Piedmont, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.28% of Piedmont’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Piedmont is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Piedmont who work in sales jobs (16.24%), food service (6.40%), and maintenance occupations (6.16%). 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, Piedmont has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Piedmont a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Piedmont is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The rate of college-level education in Piedmont is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.91% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Piedmont in 2022 was $33,118, 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 $132,472 for a family of four. However, Piedmont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Piedmont is a very ethnically-diverse town. 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 English, German, Irish, Scandinavian, and Greek. The most common language spoken in Piedmont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
