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Blythewood, SC

4,890 Population
10.6 square miles 460.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$49,758 ±$7,730 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $35,400 ±$487
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Carolina: $36,072 ±$266
$100,595 ±$21,031 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $63,471 ±$1,025
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $63,623 ±$486

4.2% ±3% (204  ±146) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 14.8% 118,436 (±0.6% / ±4,468)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 14.4% 717,849 (±0.2% / ±11,836)

31 minutes ±4.8 (64,230  ±15,697) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 25.1 9,171,435 (±0.4 / ±167,672)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.5 54,759,448 (±0.1 / ±395,881)

Families

1,846 ±246 Number of households
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 328,749 ±1,772
  • South Carolina: 2,023,085 ±5,487
2.6 ±0.4 (4,879  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 2.4 798,770 (±0 / ±438)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,004,353

2.8% ±4.1% (35  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 5.2% 10,763 (±0.4% / ±822)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 62,830 (±0.2% / ±2,492)

Housing

1,974 ±246 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 368,116 ±171
  • South Carolina: 2,362,253 ±501

$349,600 ±$18,245 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $192,600 ±$2,243
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $216,200 ±$1,122

10.1% ±4.9% (492  ±,238.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 16.6% 136,322 (±0.6% / ±4,711)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 13.5% 686,178 (±0.2% / ±10,988)

Social

96.6% ±13.9% (3,303  ±,532.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 91% 503,670 (±1% / ±5,577.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 89.3% 3,174,118 (±0.4% / ±15,315.5)
46.7% ±8.5% (1,598  ±,312.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 34.2% 189,398 (±0.6% / ±3,306.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 30.6% 1,088,770 (±0.3% / ±9,317.5)

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

8.7% ±4.7% (427  ±231) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 5.3% 43,797
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 270,170

17.6% ±5.7% (637  ±211) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 9.5% 60,260 (±0.3% / ±1,637)
  • about double the rate in South Carolina: 8.7% 349,900 (±0.1% / ±4,262)
637 Total veterans ±211 534 Male ±178 103 Female ±76

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