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South Sumter, SC

1,626 Population
2.3 square miles 695.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±13 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 38 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,379 ±$5,379 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: $30,466 ±$1,149
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,406 ±$9,308 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: $56,693 ±$2,137
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.8% ±15.9% (485  ±289) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 16.6% † 16,879 (±1.7% / ±1,696)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.9 minutes ±3.4 (10,840  ±5,234) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 23 986,580 (±0.4 / ±34,060)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

788 ±150 Number of households
  • the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 41,083 ±635
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.4 (1,626  ±433) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 2.5 101,866 (±0 / ±56)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

13% ±14.6% (48  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 7.6% † 1,833 (±1.6% / ±390)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,023 ±180 Number of housing units
  • the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 47,582 ±55
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$69,900 ±$11,288 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: $165,300 ±$6,409
  • about one-quarter of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.8% ±13.2% (345  ±226.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 13.9% † 14,304 (±1.6% / ±1,670.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.5% ±14.2% (906  ±252.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 89.6% 62,443 (±3% / ±2,077.1)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.6% ±9% (146  ±101.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 23.6% 16,407 (±1.6% / ±1,107.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.9% ±1.7% (15  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 3% 3,142
  • less than a fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±5.2% (92  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 14.2% 10,759 (±1% / ±737)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
92 Total veterans ±68 52 Male ±53 40 Female ±51

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