Overview Modoc is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 312 people and just one neighborhood, Modoc is the 251st largest community in South Carolina. Occupations and Workforce Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Modoc is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.91% of the Modoc workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Modoc is a town of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Modoc who work in management occupations (12.68%), food service (8.92%), and teaching (8.45%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.63% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Setting & Lifestyle Another notable thing is that Modoc is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town. 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!) Modoc 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. Modoc has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Modoc than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Modoc may be for you. One downside of living in Modoc is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Modoc, the average commute to work is 52.24 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Modoc does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work. Modoc Demographics The percentage of adults in Modoc who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.83% of the adults in Modoc have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Modoc in 2022 was $35,681, 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 $142,724 for a family of four. However, Modoc contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Modoc also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.23% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Modoc home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Modoc residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Modoc include Irish, French, English, German, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Modoc is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.