The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Pelion has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Pelion a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Pelion is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pelion, the average commute to work is 37.58 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Pelion does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Pelion citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.09% of adults in Pelion have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Pelion in 2022 was $27,955, 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 $111,820 for a family of four. However, Pelion contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pelion is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pelion home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pelion residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pelion include Irish, English, European, German, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Pelion is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
