Pickens is a very small city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 3,391 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Pickens is the 98th largest community in South Carolina.Pickens is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pickens is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pickens who work in sales jobs (15.26%), management occupations (13.38%), and office and administrative support (12.48%). One downside of living in Pickens is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pickens, the average commute to work is 32.29 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Pickens is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Pickens are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.99% of adults in Pickens have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Pickens in 2022 was $23,769, 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 $95,076 for a family of four. However, Pickens contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pickens is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pickens home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pickens residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pickens include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Pickens is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
