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!) Allendale 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. Allendale has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Allendale than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Allendale may be for you.
Allendale 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 percentage of people in Allendale with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.35% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Allendale in 2022 was $15,033, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $60,132 for a family of four. Allendale also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 43.32% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Allendale is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Allendale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Allendale residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Allendale include Celtic, Belgian, English, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, and Jamaican.
The most common language spoken in Allendale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Chinese.
