Silverstreet is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 164 people and just one neighborhood, Silverstreet is the 275th largest community in South Carolina.
Unlike some towns, Silverstreet isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Silverstreet are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Silverstreet is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Silverstreet who work in management occupations (20.34%), sales jobs (13.56%), and healthcare (8.47%).
Also of interest is that Silverstreet has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Silverstreet is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Silverstreet a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Silverstreet has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Silverstreet’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
The town 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, Silverstreet has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Silverstreet a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Silverstreet is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Silverstreet 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.
Silverstreet 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.
The percentage of people in Silverstreet who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.00% of adults in Silverstreet have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Silverstreet in 2022 was $51,373, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $205,492 for a family of four.
Silverstreet is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Silverstreet home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Silverstreet residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Silverstreet include German, Scots-Irish, Irish, European, and British.
The most common language spoken in Silverstreet is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Asian languages and Serbo-Croatian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 94.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 9.7% have French ancestry.
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 Silverstreet are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 2.1% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 74.9% of America'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, 36.4% 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 31.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.7%), and 15.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 80.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (7.0%).
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 Silverstreet, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (11.2%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (9.7%), and residents who report Scottish roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (6.0%), along with some English ancestry residents (5.0%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (88.2%) 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.