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!) Walhalla 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. Walhalla has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Walhalla than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Walhalla may be for you.
Being a small city, Walhalla does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Walhalla with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.10% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Walhalla in 2022 was $19,603, which is low income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,412 for a family of four. Walhalla also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 43.05% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Walhalla is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Walhalla home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Walhalla residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Walhalla also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.92% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Walhalla include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Polish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Walhalla's cultural character, accounting for 17.88% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Walhalla is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
