Newberry is a medium-sized city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 10,866 people and four associated neighborhoods, Newberry is the 45th largest community in South Carolina.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Newberry is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Newberry is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Newberry who work in maintenance occupations (8.70%), management occupations (8.30%), and sales jobs (7.80%). Being a small city, Newberry does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Newberry is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.25% of adults 25 and older in Newberry have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Newberry in 2022 was $21,791, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,164 for a family of four. However, Newberry contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Newberry is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Newberry home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Newberry residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Newberry also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.12% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Newberry include German, English, Italian, Irish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Newberry is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
