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Fairfax, SC

2,037 Population
3.3 square miles 615 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±12.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Allendale County: 42.5 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,462 ±$5,426 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Allendale County: $23,057 † ±$3,934
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$41,328 ±$10,387 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Allendale County: $31,603 † ±$9,251
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

23.7% ±10.7% (472  ±234) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Allendale County: 26.5% † 1,824 (±6.6% / ±452)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

45.7 minutes ±9.8 (37,940  ±13,363) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Allendale County: 37.7 † 92,570 (±5.7 / ±16,523)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

857 ±190 Number of households
  • Allendale County: 3,163 ±203
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.3 ±0.7 (1,982  ±402) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Allendale County: 2.2 6,824 (±0.1 / ±52)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

3.3% ±6.6% (12  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Allendale County: 5.4% † 76 (±5.9% / ±82)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

960 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Allendale County: 4,055 ±29
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$54,400 ±$3,309 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Allendale County: $61,600 † ±$12,204
  • about one-quarter of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

10.9% ±7.8% (222  ±165.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Allendale County: 10.7% † 816 (±3.5% / ±263.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

81.1% ±3.9% (1,158  ±239.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Allendale County: 79.6% 4,449 (±7% / ±408.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
8.5% ±5.2% (122  ±78.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Allendale County: 13.3% † 745 (±3.5% / ±194.3)
  • about one-quarter 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

2.7% ±2.7% (54  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Allendale County: 1.5% 119
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

5.3% ±3.3% (92  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Allendale County: 6.2% † 392 (±2.1% / ±131)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
92 Total veterans ±60 78 Male ±55 14 Female ±25

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