Bethune is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 321 people and just one neighborhood, Bethune is the 250th largest community in South Carolina.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bethune is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bethune is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bethune who work in sales jobs (16.89%), teaching (13.51%), and management occupations (11.49%).
In Bethune, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.81 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Bethune does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Bethune who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.21% of the adults in Bethune have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bethune in 2022 was $24,655, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,620 for a family of four. However, Bethune contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bethune also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.70% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Bethune is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bethune home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bethune residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bethune include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Bethune is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and West Germanic languages.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 40.3% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 25 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 96.3% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Bethune are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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In the neighborhood, 43.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 23.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.5%), and 14.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.3%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Bethune, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (7.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.2%), and residents who report German roots (6.0%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (4.2%), along with some African ancestry residents (4.2%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (69.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (15.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.