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Wedgefield, SC

1,968 Population
8.5 square miles 231.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±9.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 38 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,886 ±$4,224 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: $30,466 ±$1,149
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,410 ±$662 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 half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.6% ±10.1% (188  ±207) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 16.6% † 16,879 (±1.7% / ±1,696)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

42 minutes ±14.5 (48,850  ±9,339) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 23 986,580 (±0.4 / ±34,060)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

951 ±218 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 (1,968  ±582) 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,016 ±220 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

$26,500 ±$24,243 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • less than a fifth of the amount in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: $165,300 ±$6,409
  • about 10 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about 10 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.9% ±5.9% (135  ±122) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 13.9% † 14,304 (±1.6% / ±1,670.5)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.3% ±35.2% (1,427  ±300.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 89.6% 62,443 (±3% / ±2,077.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28% ±10.1% (403  ±88) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 23.6% 16,407 (±1.6% / ±1,107.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about 80 percent 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

3.8% ±4.4% (74  ±90) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 3% 3,142
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±3.2% (138  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Sumter, SC Metro Area: 14.2% 10,759 (±1% / ±737)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
138 Total veterans ±68 138 Male ±68 N/A Female ±14

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