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Brookdale, SC

4,291 Population
3.6 square miles 1,178.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 40.7 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,927 ±$4,417 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: $27,036 ±$1,198
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,449 ±$10,543 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: $45,675 ±$2,691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

34.8% ±8.7% (1,349  ±444) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 22.4% 17,886 (±1.9% / ±1,509)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.4 minutes ±8.1 (32,445  ±15,382) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 30.8 913,220 (±1.3 / ±52,351)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,549 ±275 Number of households
  • the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 33,077 ±620
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (3,861  ±833) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 2.4 79,546 (±0.1 / ±57)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.3% ±6.2% (62  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 4.5% † 857 (±1.1% / ±217)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,368 ±323 Number of housing units
  • the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 41,527 ±50
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,500 ±$12,402 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: $115,800 ±$5,571
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.9% ±6.5% (626  ±301.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 8.3% † 6,867 (±1.2% / ±1,022.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.8% ±24.9% (2,302  ±465.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 84.2% 47,475 (±2.9% / ±1,617.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.6% ±4.5% (363  ±156.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 19.4% 10,931 (±1.5% / ±857.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about one-third 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

1.3% ±1.6% (56  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 2.2% 1,842
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±2.4% (166  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 6.2% † 4,023 (±0.7% / ±445)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
166 Total veterans ±92 125 Male ±79 41 Female ±38

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