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Lamar, SC

1,446 Population
1.2 square miles 1,192.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.7 ±7.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,544 ±$11,888 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Florence, SC Metro Area: $31,324 ±$1,065
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$44,000 ±$36,967 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Florence, SC Metro Area: $53,874 ±$1,652
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

31.3% ±15.4% (453  ±262) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 18.9% 36,983 (±1.1% / ±2,220)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

28.5 minutes ±17.3 (13,780  ±5,416) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 22.8 1,808,565 (±0.7 / ±66,869)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

502 ±142 Number of households
  • the Florence, SC Metro Area: 77,596 ±884
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.9 ±0.3 (1,446  ±442) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 2.5 195,115 (±0 / ±74)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

543 ±144 Number of housing units
  • the Florence, SC Metro Area: 91,063 ±65
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$112,700 ±$31,915 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Florence, SC Metro Area: $158,800 ±$5,459
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

3.4% ±4.7% (49  ±69.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 8.9% 17,543 (±0.7% / ±1,433.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

86% ±33.1% (678  ±164.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
28.6% ±11.4% (225  ±112.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 22.4% 30,409 (±1% / ±1,307.9)
  • about 90 percent 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

0.1% ±0.3% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 2.2% 4,427
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

5.7% ±3.2% (52  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Florence, SC Metro Area: 7% 10,642 (±0.4% / ±640)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
52 Total veterans ±33 45 Male ±30 7 Female ±14

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