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Fairfield County, SC

20,741 Population
686.3 square miles 30.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$32,111 ±$2,299 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$46,972 ±$3,925 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

16.9% ±2.8% (3,460  ±561) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

30.2 minutes ±1.9 (271,125  ±21,959) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,773 ±302 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (20,341  ±14) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.2% ±2.7% (173  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

10,957 ±19 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$129,100 ±$14,249 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.3% ±2.4% (2,128  ±488.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

84.6% ±5.2% (12,983  ±806.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
15.3% ±2.2% (2,355  ±337.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% (269  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.7% ±1.2% (1,127  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,127 Total veterans ±201 1,053 Male ±204 74 Female ±43

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