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Aiken, SC

32,334 Population
21.6 square miles 1,493.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$41,976 ±$3,123 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: $35,233 ±$596
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$69,837 ±$10,415 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: $66,628 ±$1,362
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

16.3% ±3.4% (5,044  ±1,041) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 14.9% 89,763 (±0.7% / ±4,140)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

23.6 minutes ±2.3 (288,805  ±35,460) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 23.9 6,039,380 (±0.4 / ±127,074)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

12,961 ±718 Number of households
  • the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 225,591 ±1,984
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.4 ±0.1 (30,799  ±161) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 2.7 601,660 (±0 / ±276)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

3.6% ±2% (238  ±133) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 5.3% † 7,566 (±0.6% / ±922)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

14,683 ±617 Number of housing units
  • the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 268,250 ±152
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$261,800 ±$12,728 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: $207,300 ±$3,374
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

13.2% ±2.3% (4,226  ±748.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 12.3% 75,306 (±0.6% / ±3,751.9)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

93.1% ±4.5% (21,693  ±1,266) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 89.2% 375,381 (±1.2% / ±5,228.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
45.1% ±3.4% (10,504  ±865.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 28.8% 121,046 (±0.7% / ±2,893.8)
  • about 1.4 times 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

3.7% ±1% (1,204  ±321) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 4.4% 27,347
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

11.6% ±2.1% (3,055  ±547) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 11.3% 52,547 (±0.4% / ±1,831)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
3,055 Total veterans ±547 2,576 Male ±392 479 Female ±224

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