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Lake City, SC

5,988 Population
5.4 square miles 1,100 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,091 ±$4,989 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Florence, SC Metro Area: $32,571 ±$1,174
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$33,600 ±$8,895 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Florence, SC Metro Area: $54,443 ±$2,182
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.7% ±8.7% (1,527  ±515) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 19.4% 37,966 (±1.2% / ±2,353)
  • nearly 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)

24.9 minutes ±6.5 (56,890  ±17,445) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 22.1 1,739,905 (±0.6 / ±62,263)
  • a little less than 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

2,612 ±323 Number of households
  • the Florence, SC Metro Area: 78,417 ±907
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (5,955  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 2.5 195,170 (±0 / ±70)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.1% ±3.2% (41  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 6% † 2,779 (±1% / ±457)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,122 ±359 Number of housing units
  • the Florence, SC Metro Area: 91,853 ±74
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$144,300 ±$15,591 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Florence, SC Metro Area: $170,800 ±$3,876
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.6% ±4.5% (510  ±266.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 9.2% 18,177 (±0.9% / ±1,717.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.7% ±11% (3,399  ±538.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 87.7% 119,311 (±2% / ±2,786.5)
  • 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)
19.6% ±6.2% (815  ±268) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 23% 31,222 (±1.1% / ±1,443.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about half 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

0.7% ±0.7% (43  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 2.6% 5,252
  • about 10 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±3.5% (405  ±172) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 6.6% 10,082 (±0.5% / ±801)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
405 Total veterans ±172 338 Male ±171 67 Female ±50

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