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!) Hemingway 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. Hemingway has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hemingway than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hemingway may be for you.
In Hemingway, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.40 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Hemingway 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.
In terms of college education, Hemingway is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.44% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Hemingway in 2022 was $32,175, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,700 for a family of four. However, Hemingway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hemingway is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hemingway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hemingway residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hemingway include Irish, English, Italian, German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Hemingway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
