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Fort Lawn, SC

1,144 Population
1.4 square miles 821.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.8 ±8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,254 ±$7,600 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $44,995 ±$383
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$54,141 ±$15,617 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $80,201 ±$772
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

13.8% ±10.2% (158  ±125) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 10.5% 279,994 (±0.3% / ±8,042)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

28.6 minutes ±2.5 (13,995  ±4,566) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 26.7 29,362,984 (±0.1 / ±234,399)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

365 ±84 Number of households
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,049,805 ±3,163
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
3.1 ±0.5 (1,144  ±322) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 2.6 2,675,822 (±0 / ±743)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

0.7% ±2.2% (2  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 5.2% 35,163 (±0.3% / ±1,778)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

403 ±90 Number of housing units
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,139,944 ±364
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$189,000 ±$34,820 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $319,400 ±$2,166
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

9.2% ±8% (105  ±96.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 13.2% 353,114 (±0.3% / ±7,852.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

79.2% ±26.1% (509  ±113.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 90.4% 1,671,195 (±0.6% / ±10,450.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
17% ±9.2% (109  ±64.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 39% 720,668 (±0.4% / ±6,562.9)
  • 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

0.5% ±0.6% (6  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 11.4% 308,897
  • about 10 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

6.2% ±3.2% (46  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 6.4% 131,808 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
46 Total veterans ±26 35 Male ±21 11 Female ±13

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