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Barnwell, SC

4,616 Population
7.8 square miles 588.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Barnwell County: 40.7 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,229 ±$4,278 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Barnwell County: $26,141 ±$1,598
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$43,239 ±$14,050 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Barnwell County: $41,800 † ±$4,603
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

33.1% ±9.6% (1,464  ±424) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Barnwell County: 28.5% † 5,750 (±3.4% / ±685)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

22.3 minutes ±7 (36,115  ±13,337) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Barnwell County: 27.5 221,220 (±1.9 / ±21,644)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

1,760 ±218 Number of households
  • Barnwell County: 8,107 ±293
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.5 ±0.3 (4,397  ±26) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Barnwell County: 2.5 20,162 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

4.5% ±4.1% (52  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Barnwell County: 6.4% † 303 (±2.5% / ±119)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

2,265 ±230 Number of housing units
  • Barnwell County: 9,901 ±22
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$137,300 ±$30,064 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Barnwell County: $97,200 † ±$12,255
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

9.5% ±4.3% (437  ±197.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Barnwell County: 9% † 1,820 (±2% / ±401.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

78.3% ±8.5% (2,204  ±308.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Barnwell County: 80.8% 11,252 (±4.8% / ±674.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
18.1% ±4.6% (509  ±137.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Barnwell County: 12.8% † 1,788 (±2.1% / ±295.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

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

7.4% ±3% (340  ±136) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Barnwell County: 2.4% 499
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

4.2% ±2.5% (145  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Barnwell County: 6.8% † 1,059 (±1.4% / ±219)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
145 Total veterans ±86 143 Male ±84 2 Female ±17

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