One downside of living in St. Stephen, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.86 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, St. Stephen does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of St. Stephen rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.00% of adults 25 and older in St. Stephen have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in St. Stephen in 2022 was $21,692, 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 $86,768 for a family of four. However, St. Stephen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
St. Stephen is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call St. Stephen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Stephen residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in St. Stephen include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in St. Stephen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
