Pauline is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 209 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pauline is the 268th largest community in South Carolina. Pauline real estate is some of the most expensive in South Carolina, although Pauline house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Pauline is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.59% of the Pauline workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Pauline is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pauline who work in maintenance occupations (49.59%), food service (9.76%), and management occupations (4.07%). Overall, Pauline’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Pauline 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. Pauline has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pauline than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pauline may be for you. Pauline is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Pauline isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more. Pauline is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.Pauline ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.27% of people over 25 have a college degree. The per capita income in Pauline in 2022 was $35,300, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $141,200 for a family of four. The people who call Pauline home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pauline residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Pauline include English, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander. The most common language spoken in Pauline is English. Other important languages spoken here include Russian and Italian.
