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Fort Lawn CCD, Chester County, SC

5,697 Population
67.9 square miles 83.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Chester County: 42.4 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,506 ±$5,637 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chester County: $28,227 ±$1,617
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,105 ±$6,550 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Chester County: $52,458 ±$3,357
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.3% ±4.9% (526  ±284) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Chester County: 18.7% † 5,983 (±2.6% / ±842)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36.4 minutes ±6.2 (79,200  ±18,584) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Chester County: 31.6 419,715 (±1.7 / ±30,376)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,014 ±209 Number of households
  • Chester County: 13,159 ±265
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (5,697  ±660) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Chester County: 2.4 32,003 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.8% ±8% (101  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chester County: 8.2% † 572 (±3.1% / ±218)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,246 ±203 Number of housing units
  • Chester County: 14,807 ±46
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$201,300 ±$24,453 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Chester County: $158,300 ±$10,602
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.7% ±8.6% (778  ±496.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Chester County: 9.9% † 3,141 (±2.4% / ±747.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.2% ±15.7% (3,198  ±411.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chester County: 85.3% 19,174 (±3.8% / ±867.6)
  • 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)
14.9% ±4.7% (559  ±192) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chester County: 14% † 3,145 (±1.7% / ±375.6)
  • 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

0.9% ±1.3% (51  ±72) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chester County: 1.3% 419
  • less than a fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±2.3% (335  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Chester County: 8.4% † 2,081 (±1.1% / ±263)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
335 Total veterans ±101 303 Male ±104 32 Female ±41

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