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Pelion, SC

1,147 Population
3.7 square miles 311.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50 ±18.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,764 ±$3,458 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $37,159 ±$542
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$61,250 ±$33,516 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $66,146 ±$1,090
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

15% ±9.1% (171  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 14.7% 118,721 (±0.6% / ±4,513)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

32.3 minutes ±11.2 (16,560  ±9,046) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 25.1 9,046,385 (±0.3 / ±153,176)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

373 ±176 Number of households
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 334,378 ±1,705
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.7 ±1.7 (1,020  ±415) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 2.4 807,572 (±0 / ±297)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

2.8% ±5.5% (7  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 4.9% 10,230 (±0.4% / ±840)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

394 ±178 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 373,131 ±195
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$148,400 ±$21,576 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $213,400 ±$2,579
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

0.5% ±2.3% (6  ±25.9) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 15.9% 132,446 (±0.6% / ±4,848.3)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

77.7% ±44.9% (653  ±253.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 91.1% 510,120 (±1% / ±5,798.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
22.5% ±16.6% (189  ±161.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 35% 196,207 (±0.7% / ±3,712.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.1% ±2.5% (64  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 9.4% 60,242 (±0.3% / ±1,966)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
64 Total veterans ±34 64 Male ±34 N/A Female ±14

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