Irmo profile

Living in Irmo

Browse our site as you search for Irmo SC Homes! Irmo is a somewhat small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 12,483 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Irmo is the 38th largest community in South Carolina.

Irmo is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.16% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Irmo is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Irmo who work in office and administrative support (15.38%), management occupations (14.49%), and sales jobs (9.17%).

Also of interest is that Irmo has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The education level of Irmo citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.19% of adults in Irmo have a bachelor’s degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Irmo in 2018 was $30,869, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,476 for a family of four. However, Irmo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Irmo is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Irmo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Irmo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Irmo include German, English, Irish, European, and French.

The most common language spoken in Irmo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.