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Sumter, SC Urban Area

68,914 Population
57.7 square miles 1,195.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,419 ±$2,805 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$57,994 ±$5,747 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14.5% ±3.3% (9,651  ±2,239) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.7 minutes ±1.2 (606,860  ±43,265) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

25,804 ±1,743 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.2 (66,612  ±4,059) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

8.8% ±4.1% (1,436  ±694) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

30,140 ±1,782 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$203,900 ±$14,033 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.4% ±3.6% (8,400  ±2,500.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.3% ±5.6% (39,051  ±3,558) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
24.5% ±3.9% (10,601  ±1,840.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

2.5% ±1% (1,697  ±667) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

17.8% ±3.8% (8,398  ±1,893) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
8,398 Total veterans ±1,893 7,117 Male ±1,710 1,281 Female ±600

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