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Clio, SC

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Overview


Clio is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 592 people and just one neighborhood, Clio is the 219th largest community in South Carolina.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Clio is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 55.72% of the Clio workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Clio is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clio who work in healthcare suport services (15.87%), office and administrative support (11.44%), and community and social services (8.12%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Clio 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. Clio has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Clio than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Clio may be for you.

In Clio, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 44.27 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

For a small town, Clio has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Clio exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Clio is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.99% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Clio in 2022 was $25,540, 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 $102,160 for a family of four. However, Clio contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Clio is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Clio home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clio residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Clio also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.50% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Clio include African, Irish, German, English, and Scots-Irish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Clio's cultural character, accounting for 19.00% of the town’s population.

The most common language spoken in Clio is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Clio, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 93.7% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 46.7% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 97.9% of American neighborhoods.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.9% of all neighborhoods in America, with 36.1% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 29 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

One of the unique characteristics of the neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Clio are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 96.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 35.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 46.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 22.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.8%), and 13.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Clio, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (7.0%). There are also a number of people of Native American ancestry (6.3%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (3.1%), and some of the residents are also of African ancestry (3.1%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (93.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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