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.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Piedmont is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.28% of the Piedmont workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. 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%). 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!) Piedmont 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. Piedmont has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Piedmont than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Piedmont may be for you. Being a small town, Piedmont does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Piedmont, just 12.91% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. 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.
