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Blackville, SC

1,778 Population
8.9 square miles 199.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Barnwell County: 40.7 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,003 ±$8,753 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Barnwell County: $26,141 ±$1,598
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$26,100 ±$9,191 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Barnwell County: $41,800 † ±$4,603
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

28.2% ±14.7% (501  ±286) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Barnwell County: 28.5% † 5,750 (±3.4% / ±685)
  • about double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

27.1 minutes ±3.7 (21,165  ±7,185) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Barnwell County: 27.5 221,220 (±1.9 / ±21,644)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

608 ±137 Number of households
  • Barnwell County: 8,107 ±293
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.9 ±0.2 (1,775  ±417) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Barnwell County: 2.5 20,162 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

6.9% ±10.7% (24  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barnwell County: 6.4% † 303 (±2.5% / ±119)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

894 ±160 Number of housing units
  • Barnwell County: 9,901 ±22
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$73,100 ±$28,328 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Barnwell County: $97,200 † ±$12,255
  • about one-third of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

7.8% ±5.3% (138  ±100.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnwell County: 9% † 1,820 (±2% / ±401.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

80.4% ±26.5% (1,060  ±240.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
5.6% ±4.1% (74  ±56.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Barnwell County: 12.8% † 1,788 (±2.1% / ±295.5)
  • about one-fifth 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

0.4% ±0.6% (7  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Barnwell County: 2.4% 499
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

6.2% ±3.4% (92  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barnwell County: 6.8% † 1,059 (±1.4% / ±219)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
92 Total veterans ±55 80 Male ±53 12 Female ±20

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