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Swansea CCD, Lexington County, SC

16,247 Population
95.8 square miles 169.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lexington County: 39.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,184 ±$1,581 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lexington County: $39,667 ±$722
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,186 ±$5,556 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lexington County: $77,408 ±$1,670
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.4% ±3.2% (3,126  ±542) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lexington County: 11.1% 33,562 (±0.7% / ±2,230)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29 minutes ±1 (198,380  ±19,973) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lexington County: 26 3,366,790 (±0.6 / ±93,718)
  • about 10 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

6,276 ±401 Number of households
  • Lexington County: 121,964 ±765
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (16,194  ±993) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lexington County: 2.5 302,172 (±0 / ±27)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±2.8% (179  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lexington County: 5.5% † 3,874 (±0.7% / ±497)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,158 ±414 Number of housing units
  • Lexington County: 132,916 ±118
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$110,900 ±$14,724 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Lexington County: $234,500 ±$3,042
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.9% ±3.2% (1,429  ±524.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lexington County: 10.9% 32,744 (±0.7% / ±2,064.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.4% ±4.5% (8,681  ±725.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lexington County: 92% 194,885
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.2% ±2.3% (1,190  ±251.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Lexington County: 34.1% 72,134
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about one-third 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

7.7% ±2.1% (1,251  ±345) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lexington County: 6.5% 19,847
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±2.4% (974  ±292) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lexington County: 9% 21,040 (±0.4% / ±1,013)
  • a little less than 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)
974 Total veterans ±292 732 Male ±198 242 Female ±224

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