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Orangeburg, SC

13,253 Population
9 square miles 1,470.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 40.7 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$19,990 ±$2,559 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: $27,036 ±$1,198
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$38,635 ±$6,911 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: $45,675 ±$2,691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

32.7% ±8.1% (3,385  ±845) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 22.4% 17,886 (±1.9% / ±1,509)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

24.3 minutes ±2.4 (98,790  ±15,533) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 30.8 913,220 (±1.3 / ±52,351)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

4,613 ±438 Number of households
  • the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 33,077 ±620
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.2 ±0.2 (10,280  ±63) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 2.4 79,546 (±0.1 / ±57)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

4.8% ±3.3% (168  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 4.5% † 857 (±1.1% / ±217)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

5,950 ±516 Number of housing units
  • the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 41,527 ±50
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$163,500 ±$13,327 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: $115,800 ±$5,571
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

18.8% ±4.2% (2,466  ±548.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 8.3% † 6,867 (±1.2% / ±1,022.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

82.4% ±7.8% (6,428  ±729.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 84.2% 47,475 (±2.9% / ±1,617.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
26.3% ±4.4% (2,054  ±364.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 19.4% 10,931 (±1.5% / ±857.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.5% ±0.9% (199  ±114) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 2.2% 1,842
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

4.3% ±2.2% (464  ±243) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 6.2% † 4,023 (±0.7% / ±445)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
464 Total veterans ±243 371 Male ±199 93 Female ±96

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