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Lake City, SC

6,032 Population
5.4 square miles 1,106.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,027 ±$4,761 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Florence, SC Metro Area: $31,324 ±$1,065
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$35,000 ±$9,756 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Florence, SC Metro Area: $53,874 ±$1,652
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

24.5% ±9.8% (1,472  ±586) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 18.9% 36,983 (±1.1% / ±2,220)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

29.7 minutes ±8.8 (76,455  ±25,499) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 22.8 1,808,565 (±0.7 / ±66,869)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

2,552 ±338 Number of households
  • the Florence, SC Metro Area: 77,596 ±884
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.4 ±0.3 (6,002  ±18) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 2.5 195,115 (±0 / ±74)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

2.6% ±3.4% (39  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 5.7% † 2,665 (±1% / ±473)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

3,029 ±382 Number of housing units
  • the Florence, SC Metro Area: 91,063 ±65
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$133,700 ±$19,712 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Florence, SC Metro Area: $158,800 ±$5,459
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

8.2% ±4.4% (490  ±264.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 8.9% 17,543 (±0.7% / ±1,433.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

84.4% ±12.2% (3,685  ±583.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 87.4% 118,623 (±2% / ±2,683.9)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
20% ±5.9% (872  ±261.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 22.4% 30,409 (±1% / ±1,307.9)
  • 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

0.8% ±0.6% (48  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 2.2% 4,427
  • less than a fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

8.5% ±3.3% (426  ±165) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 7% 10,642 (±0.4% / ±640)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
426 Total veterans ±165 313 Male ±135 113 Female ±93

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