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Elgin CCD, Kershaw County, SC

34,394 Population
178.1 square miles 193.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kershaw County: 40.4 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,698 ±$1,878 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Kershaw County: $35,560 ±$2,527
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,175 ±$3,597 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Kershaw County: $68,231 ±$3,174
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.1% ±2.2% (3,483  ±754) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kershaw County: 13.2% † 8,940 (±1.7% / ±1,166)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.9 minutes ±1.1 (407,170  ±26,670) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kershaw County: 30 826,465 (±1.6 / ±53,112)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,012 ±537 Number of households
  • Kershaw County: 26,897 ±357
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (34,320  ±1,114) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Kershaw County: 2.5 67,943 (±0 / ±13)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±1.7% (233  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kershaw County: 4.2% † 628 (±1.4% / ±214)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,851 ±480 Number of housing units
  • Kershaw County: 30,134 ±37
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$227,100 ±$11,846 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Kershaw County: $217,100 ±$8,128
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.9% ±2.1% (3,066  ±717.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Kershaw County: 8.6% † 5,849 (±1.4% / ±958.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.3% ±3.3% (21,520  ±1,060.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kershaw County: 89.1% 42,334 (±3% / ±1,452.5)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.6% ±2.1% (5,794  ±522.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kershaw County: 24% 11,415 (±1.5% / ±731.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.2% ±1% (1,084  ±361) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Kershaw County: 3.2% 2,216
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10% ±1.3% (2,581  ±346) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Kershaw County: 10.1% † 5,243 (±1% / ±530)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,581 Total veterans ±346 2,186 Male ±320 395 Female ±111

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