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Ward, SC

284 Population
0.8 square miles 366.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±14.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$21,220 ±$8,058 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $37,159 ±$542
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$55,625 ±$49,997 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

35.2% ±34.4% (100  ±114) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 14.7% 118,721 (±0.6% / ±4,513)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

39.4 minutes ±11.2 (5,155  ±3,800) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 25.1 9,046,385 (±0.3 / ±153,176)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

81 ±40 Number of households
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 334,378 ±1,705
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
3.5 ±1.1 (284  ±167) Persons per household
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 2.4 807,572 (±0 / ±297)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

18.3% ±27% (11  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 4.9% 10,230 (±0.4% / ±840)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

89 ±40 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 373,131 ±195
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$115,600 ±$29,887 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $213,400 ±$2,579
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

4.4% ±10% (12  ±28.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 15.9% 132,446 (±0.6% / ±4,848.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

65.7% ±47.9% (111  ±55.2) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 91.1% 510,120 (±1% / ±5,798.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
10.1% ±17.7% (17  ±31.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 35% 196,207 (±0.7% / ±3,712.7)
  • about one-third 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

7% ±9.3% (20  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 5.6% 46,628
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

9.5% ±7.1% (19  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 9.4% 60,242 (±0.3% / ±1,966)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
19 Total veterans ±18 10 Male ±11 9 Female ±10

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