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Laurens, SC

9,307 Population
10.2 square miles 911.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,735 ±$4,582 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $38,413 ±$671
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$55,207 ±$14,126 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $69,016 ±$1,036
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

22% ±7.5% (1,972  ±675) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 13.1% 120,212 (±0.5% / ±4,744)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

22.5 minutes ±2.9 (76,885  ±13,088) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 24.9 9,918,085 (±0.4 / ±174,190)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

3,816 ±323 Number of households
  • the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 375,603 ±1,808
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.3 ±0.2 (8,932  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 2.5 920,189 (±0 / ±152)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

3.9% ±4.3% (71  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 5.8% 12,965 (±0.4% / ±866)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

4,307 ±344 Number of housing units
  • the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 413,652 ±278
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$139,800 ±$43,435 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $242,700 ±$2,423
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

18.8% ±7.7% (1,734  ±707.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 14.3% 133,661 (±0.5% / ±4,832.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

80.3% ±7.5% (5,347  ±602.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 89% 570,994 (±0.9% / ±5,909.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
15% ±3.3% (999  ±229.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 33.7% 216,297 (±0.6% / ±3,684.4)
  • about half 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

5.7% ±3.2% (534  ±299) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 6.7% 62,842
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

6.5% ±2.6% (464  ±183) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 7% 51,163 (±0.2% / ±1,623)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
464 Total veterans ±183 464 Male ±183 N/A Female ±20

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