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Swansea CCD, Lexington County, SC

16,275 Population
95.8 square miles 169.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lexington County: 39.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,373 ±$1,770 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lexington County: $38,807 ±$724
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$52,789 ±$5,556 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lexington County: $75,014 ±$1,833
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

19.4% ±3.4% (3,131  ±576) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lexington County: 11.4% 34,010 (±0.8% / ±2,468)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

29 minutes ±1 (197,620  ±22,665) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lexington County: 26.1 3,387,305 (±0.6 / ±92,437)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

6,407 ±427 Number of households
  • Lexington County: 120,789 ±814
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.5 ±0.2 (16,232  ±961) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lexington County: 2.5 297,638 (±0 / ±28)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

5.4% ±3% (218  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Lexington County: 5.7% † 3,946 (±0.7% / ±519)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

7,258 ±392 Number of housing units
  • Lexington County: 130,874 ±118
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$103,500 ±$9,980 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Lexington County: $217,700 ±$3,343
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

8.8% ±3.2% (1,416  ±528.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lexington County: 11.6% 34,403 (±0.8% / ±2,223.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

81.3% ±3.7% (8,708  ±690.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lexington County: 91.5% 190,653 (±1.5% / ±3,124.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
9.7% ±2% (1,042  ±226.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lexington County: 33.1% 68,974 (±0.9% / ±1,866.7)
  • 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

7.6% ±2.1% (1,228  ±342) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lexington County: 6.1% 18,315
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

9.4% ±2.1% (1,122  ±262) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Lexington County: 9.4% 21,666 (±0.4% / ±904)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
1,122 Total veterans ±262 840 Male ±177 282 Female ±217

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