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Sumter, SC Urban Area

71,541 Population
57.6 square miles 1,241.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,689 ±$2,390 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$57,357 ±$6,227 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.7% ±4.7% (9,497  ±3,269) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.2 minutes ±0.4 (596,245  ±30,467) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

26,860 ±1,893 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.2 (69,365  ±4,066) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8% ±3.7% (1,318  ±622) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

31,310 ±1,740 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$198,500 ±$16,432 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

18.7% ±5.1% (12,936  ±3,598.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.4% ±5.7% (41,471  ±3,538.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
29.3% ±4.1% (13,166  ±1,983.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.2% ±1.8% (2,319  ±1,283) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

12.4% ±2.3% (6,059  ±1,175) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,059 Total veterans ±1,175 4,692 Male ±988 1,367 Female ±510

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