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Bishopville, SC

2,958 Population
2.3 square miles 1,265.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±3.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lee County: 41.8 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$22,135 ±$3,125 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lee County: $24,133 ±$2,215
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$44,015 ±$6,571 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Lee County: $44,145 ±$3,568
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

29% ±11.5% (817  ±325) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lee County: 23.3% † 3,525 (±4.2% / ±633)
  • about double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

19.9 minutes ±2.7 (20,855  ±4,306) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lee County: 28.1 166,020 (±1.4 / ±12,630)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

1,208 ±119 Number of households
  • Lee County: 6,294 ±230
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.3 ±0.2 (2,761  ±47) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lee County: 2.4 15,058 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

12.4% ±9.9% (80  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lee County: 7.2% † 231 (±3.4% / ±108)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

1,463 ±137 Number of housing units
  • Lee County: 7,587 ±26
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$105,400 ±$42,923 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Lee County: $101,900 † ±$10,739
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

10% ±5.4% (286  ±154.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lee County: 8.3% † 1,340 (±2.9% / ±472.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

82.8% ±11.4% (1,714  ±258.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lee County: 81% 9,525 (±5% / ±590.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
17.2% ±5.2% (355  ±109) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lee County: 12.8% † 1,503 (±2.1% / ±248.7)
  • 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

7.6% ±7% (224  ±208) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lee County: 2.5% 403
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

9.2% ±3.8% (205  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lee County: 6.6% † 868 (±1.2% / ±156)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
205 Total veterans ±84 183 Male ±79 22 Female ±19

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