Wellford is a very small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 3,627 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wellford is the 100th largest community in South Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Wellford, 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 Wellford, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Wellford’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Wellford does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $55,871.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Wellford is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wellford is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wellford who work in office and administrative support (24.68%), business and financial occupations (13.25%), and sales jobs (12.25%). It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Wellford 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. Wellford has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Wellford than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Wellford may be for you. Wellford is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in Wellford with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.90% of adults in Wellford have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Wellford in 2022 was $21,881, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,524 for a family of four. However, Wellford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wellford is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wellford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wellford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wellford include German, English, Finnish, Irish, and Hungarian. The most common language spoken in Wellford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Miao/Hmong and Italian.
