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Census Tract 16, Sumter, SC

3,138 Population
3.4 square miles 914.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±10.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Sumter: 43.9 † ±13
  • about the same as the figure in Sumter County: 38 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$19,809 ±$3,456 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Sumter: $22,379 † ±$5,379
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Sumter County: $30,466 ±$1,149
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$43,913 ±$9,640 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in South Sumter: $46,406 † ±$9,308
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Sumter County: $56,693 ±$2,137
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

26.3% ±10.9% (816  ±383) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Sumter: 29.8% † 485 (±15.9% / ±289)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sumter County: 16.6% † 16,879 (±1.7% / ±1,696)
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

17.8 minutes ±2.4 (20,200  ±7,034) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Sumter: 15.9 † 10,840 (±3.4 / ±5,234)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Sumter County: 23 986,580 (±0.4 / ±34,060)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

1,208 ±152 Number of households
  • South Sumter: 788 † ±150
  • Sumter County: 41,083 ±635
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.6 ±0.5 (3,107  ±677) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Sumter: 2.1 † 1,626 (±0.4 / ±433)
  • a little higher than the figure in Sumter County: 2.5 101,866 (±0 / ±56)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

7% ±7.1% (55  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in South Sumter: 13% † 48 (±14.6% / ±57)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sumter County: 7.6% † 1,833 (±1.6% / ±390)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

1,613 ±198 Number of housing units
  • South Sumter: 1,023 † ±180
  • Sumter County: 47,582 ±55
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$66,500 ±$8,969 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in South Sumter: $69,900 † ±$11,288
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Sumter County: $165,300 ±$6,409
  • about one-quarter of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

12.6% ±7.1% (389  ±234.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Sumter: 21.8% † 345 (±13.2% / ±226.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sumter County: 13.9% † 14,304 (±1.6% / ±1,670.5)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

82.8% ±9.4% (1,585  ±306.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Sumter: 84.5% † 906 (±14.2% / ±252.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sumter County: 89.6% 62,443 (±3% / ±2,077.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
14.6% ±7.7% (280  ±153.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Sumter: 13.6% † 146 (±9% / ±101.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sumter County: 23.6% 16,407 (±1.6% / ±1,107.8)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)

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

1.5% ±1.4% (46  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Sumter: 0.9% † 15 (±1.7% / ±28)
  • about half the rate in Sumter County: 3% 3,142
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

6.9% ±3.6% (145  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Sumter: 7.4% † 92 (±5.2% / ±68)
  • about half the rate in Sumter County: 14.2% 10,759 (±1% / ±737)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
145 Total veterans ±79 94 Male ±68 51 Female ±53

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