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St. Matthews, SC

1,626 Population
1.9 square miles 846.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.5 ±12.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 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

$30,598 ±$6,897 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $37,159 ±$542
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$55,351 ±$16,196 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $66,146 ±$1,090
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

26% ±13% (390  ±222) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 14.7% 118,721 (±0.6% / ±4,513)
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

19.8 minutes ±3.1 (11,935  ±5,196) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 25.1 9,046,385 (±0.3 / ±153,176)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

737 ±178 Number of households
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 334,378 ±1,705
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2 ±0.3 (1,468  ±414) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 2.4 807,572 (±0 / ±297)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

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

Housing

908 ±186 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 373,131 ±195
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$146,600 ±$33,688 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

8.7% ±5.9% (141  ±102.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 15.9% 132,446 (±0.6% / ±4,848.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

90.4% ±27.8% (1,191  ±251.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 91.1% 510,120 (±1% / ±5,798.8)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
29.5% ±10.1% (389  ±158.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 35% 196,207 (±0.7% / ±3,712.7)
  • a little less than 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

4.3% ±2.1% (70  ±38) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 5.6% 46,628
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

7.4% ±3.5% (104  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 9.4% 60,242 (±0.3% / ±1,966)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
104 Total veterans ±55 104 Male ±55 N/A Female ±14

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