Honea Path is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 3,848 people and two associated neighborhoods, Honea Path is the 94th largest community in South Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Honea Path is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.14% of the Honea Path workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Honea Path is a town of professionals, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Honea Path who work in healthcare (19.62%), office and administrative support (10.87%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (6.07%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.55% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Honea Path, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.09 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Honea Path does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Honea Path citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.41% of adults in Honea Path have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Honea Path in 2022 was $24,026, 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 $96,104 for a family of four. However, Honea Path contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Honea Path is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Honea Path home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Honea Path residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Honea Path include Scottish, English, Irish, French, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Honea Path is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Greek.
