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Bennettsville, SC

6,798 Population
6.2 square miles 1,100.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±3.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Marlboro County: 41.2 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,835 ±$5,090 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Marlboro County: $22,016 ±$1,821
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$40,889 ±$3,715 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Marlboro County: $36,293 † ±$3,696
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

23.5% ±7.1% (1,436  ±439) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Marlboro County: 26.2% † 6,241 (±3.1% / ±732)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

28.8 minutes ±4.8 (69,070  ±15,190) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marlboro County: 26.7 234,815 (±1.8 / ±21,376)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

2,627 ±349 Number of households
  • Marlboro County: 9,729 ±372
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.3 ±0.3 (6,098  ±254) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Marlboro County: 2.5 23,876 (±0.1 / ±56)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

5.2% ±4.2% (80  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Marlboro County: 4.2% † 208 (±1.6% / ±78)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

3,494 ±348 Number of housing units
  • Marlboro County: 12,059 ±31
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$82,700 ±$25,611 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Marlboro County: $74,500 ±$4,818
  • about one-third of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

6.8% ±2.7% (459  ±181.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Marlboro County: 9.3% † 2,422 (±1.8% / ±461.3)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

88.9% ±9.7% (4,299  ±559.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Marlboro County: 81.5% 15,429 (±4.3% / ±805.9)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
14.6% ±4.2% (708  ±210.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Marlboro County: 8.7% † 1,652 (±1.5% / ±279.8)
  • about half 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

0.7% ±1.1% (50  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Marlboro County: 2.1% 544
  • less than a fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

7.4% ±3.1% (408  ±173) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Marlboro County: 6.4% † 1,348 (±1.2% / ±248)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
408 Total veterans ±173 380 Male ±166 28 Female ±40

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