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Orangeburg, SC

13,189 Population
9 square miles 1,463.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 40.8 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$19,929 ±$2,569 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: $25,682 ±$1,181
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$33,066 ±$6,595 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: $43,214 ±$2,271
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

31.5% ±6.4% (3,275  ±661) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 23.9% 19,137 (±1.8% / ±1,463)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

23.8 minutes ±3.3 (100,250  ±18,107) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 30.4 884,640 (±1.2 / ±46,758)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

4,957 ±458 Number of households
  • the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 32,880 ±686
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.1 ±0.2 (10,314  ±72) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 2.4 80,074 (±0.1 / ±66)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

4.6% ±3.1% (153  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 4.2% † 808 (±1% / ±193)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

6,219 ±449 Number of housing units
  • the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 41,420 ±51
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$145,000 ±$24,063 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: $109,700 ±$5,337
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

17.8% ±3.5% (2,322  ±461.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 7.8% † 6,445 (±1% / ±862.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

81.7% ±7.5% (6,565  ±718) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 83.3% 47,066 (±2.9% / ±1,625.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
27.2% ±4.5% (2,184  ±384.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 19.4% 10,938 (±1.6% / ±900.7)
  • about 90 percent of 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

1.4% ±0.9% (186  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 1.7% 1,400
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

5.1% ±2.2% (576  ±243) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Orangeburg, SC Micro Area: 6.4% 4,191 (±0.6% / ±390)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
576 Total veterans ±243 503 Male ±232 73 Female ±69

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