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29229

50,652 Population
18.3 square miles 2,773.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±2.2 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

$36,056 ±$3,094 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $37,159 ±$542
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$72,571 ±$5,113 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $66,146 ±$1,090
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

10.8% ±3.6% (5,465  ±1,854) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 14.7% 118,721 (±0.6% / ±4,513)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

31.8 minutes ±2.2 (667,050  ±68,384) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

19,373 ±1,048 Number of households
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 334,378 ±1,705
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.6 ±0.2 (50,573  ±2,580) 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

2.1% ±1.1% (297  ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 4.9% 10,230 (±0.4% / ±840)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

20,939 ±1,068 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 373,131 ±195
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$230,800 ±$8,506 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $213,400 ±$2,579
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

16.3% ±3.5% (8,240  ±1,797.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 15.9% 132,446 (±0.6% / ±4,848.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

94.2% ±3.7% (30,286  ±1,942.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 91.1% 510,120 (±1% / ±5,798.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
45.9% ±3.7% (14,763  ±1,393.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 35% 196,207 (±0.7% / ±3,712.7)
  • about 1.5 times 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

6.7% ±1.2% (3,371  ±640) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 5.6% 46,628
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

16.1% ±2.1% (5,649  ±782) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 9.4% 60,242 (±0.3% / ±1,966)
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
5,649 Total veterans ±782 4,081 Male ±552 1,568 Female ±393

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