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Seneca, SC

8,910 Population
8.2 square miles 1,081 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Seneca, SC Micro Area: 46.7 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,598 ±$4,044 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Seneca, SC Micro Area: $37,575 ±$1,803
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$52,207 ±$6,032 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Seneca, SC Micro Area: $60,193 ±$4,091
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

18.8% ±5.6% (1,667  ±497) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Seneca, SC Micro Area: 16.4% 12,905 (±1.4% / ±1,112)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

17.1 minutes ±2.3 (67,430  ±11,014) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Seneca, SC Micro Area: 24.8 727,690 (±1.2 / ±44,359)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

3,995 ±335 Number of households
  • the Seneca, SC Micro Area: 33,653 ±691
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.2 ±0.2 (8,786  ±70) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Seneca, SC Micro Area: 2.3 78,719 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

4.4% ±4.2% (97  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Seneca, SC Micro Area: 4.4% † 680 (±1.4% / ±223)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

4,420 ±378 Number of housing units
  • the Seneca, SC Micro Area: 41,514 ±68
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$223,100 ±$12,774 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Seneca, SC Micro Area: $217,200 ±$9,314
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

21.1% ±6.3% (1,866  ±560.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Seneca, SC Micro Area: 11.8% † 9,321 (±1.5% / ±1,202.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

86.8% ±8.1% (5,852  ±647.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Seneca, SC Micro Area: 87.1% 51,020 (±3% / ±1,766.1)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
29.2% ±5.4% (1,971  ±383.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Seneca, SC Micro Area: 28.5% 16,697 (±1.8% / ±1,058.7)
  • 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

2.3% ±1.4% (206  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Seneca, SC Micro Area: 4.1% 3,234
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

5.4% ±2.4% (397  ±175) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Seneca, SC Micro Area: 7.9% 5,072 (±0.7% / ±454)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
397 Total veterans ±175 308 Male ±143 89 Female ±72

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