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Blythewood, SC

5,309 Population
10.6 square miles 499.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$52,587 ±$7,246 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $37,159 ±$542
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$105,583 ±$16,525 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $66,146 ±$1,090
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

3.6% ±3.2% (191  ±168) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 14.7% 118,721 (±0.6% / ±4,513)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

30.5 minutes ±4.1 (61,795  ±15,281) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 25.1 9,046,385 (±0.3 / ±153,176)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

2,072 ±242 Number of households
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 334,378 ±1,705
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.6 ±0.3 (5,298  ±67) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 2.4 807,572 (±0 / ±297)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

6% ±5.4% (82  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 4.9% 10,230 (±0.4% / ±840)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

2,108 ±223 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 373,131 ±195
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$368,300 ±$23,854 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $213,400 ±$2,579
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

8.8% ±4.7% (460  ±245.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 15.9% 132,446 (±0.6% / ±4,848.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

96.4% ±13.5% (3,658  ±575.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 91.1% 510,120 (±1% / ±5,798.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
44.3% ±8.4% (1,680  ±341.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 35% 196,207 (±0.7% / ±3,712.7)
  • 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

8.4% ±4.2% (448  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 5.6% 46,628
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

14% ±5.5% (558  ±222) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 9.4% 60,242 (±0.3% / ±1,966)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
558 Total veterans ±222 465 Male ±209 93 Female ±85

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