Belton is a very small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 4,511 people and six associated neighborhoods, Belton is the 84th largest community in South Carolina.Belton is a blue-collar town, with 42.43% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Belton is a city of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Belton who work in healthcare suport services (12.90%), office and administrative support (9.94%), and management occupations (8.73%). The city 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, Belton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Belton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Belton, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.27 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small city, Belton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In Belton, just 11.60% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Belton in 2022 was $31,283, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,132 for a family of four. However, Belton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Belton is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Belton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Belton include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Belton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
