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Fairfield County, SC

20,550 Population
686.3 square miles 29.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,810 ±$2,174 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,885 ±$4,289 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.7% ±2.8% (3,168  ±557) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30 minutes ±2.1 (250,100  ±23,263) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,930 ±330 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (20,162  ±13) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.4% ±2.9% (137  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,003 ±20 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$151,200 ±$19,395 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±2.4% (2,192  ±489.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.1% ±4.8% (12,938  ±737.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.2% ±2.1% (2,313  ±321.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.1% (228  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±1.3% (1,157  ±211) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,157 Total veterans ±211 1,062 Male ±209 95 Female ±68

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