Simpsonville is a medium-sized city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 27,506 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Simpsonville is the 23rd largest community in South Carolina. Simpsonville has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Simpsonville, where the median household income is $79,233.00. Simpsonville real estate is some of the most expensive in South Carolina, although Simpsonville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Simpsonville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Simpsonville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Simpsonville who work in office and administrative support (13.96%), management occupations (11.45%), and sales jobs (9.42%). Also of interest is that Simpsonville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.44% 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. Being a small city, Simpsonville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Simpsonville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.97% of adults in Simpsonville have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Simpsonville in 2022 was $39,383, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $157,532 for a family of four. However, Simpsonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Simpsonville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Simpsonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Simpsonville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Simpsonville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.22% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Simpsonville include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Simpsonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
