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Lexington (South & West) County and Cayce PUMA, SC

147,172 Population
487.3 square miles 302 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,425 ±$1,627 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $40,195 ±$511
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,510 ±$3,653 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $72,350 ±$959
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.1% ±2.9% (20,711  ±4,305) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.3% 707,939 (±0.5% / ±25,914)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.1 minutes ±0.4 (1,704,320  ±135,181) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 26.3 59,371,680 (±0.3 / ±951,035)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

55,773 ±2,761 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,222,890 ±11,062
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.2 (146,703  ±6,859) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,338,044
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.4% ±1.1% (1,274  ±420) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 67,181 (±0.5% / ±5,987)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

61,110 ±2,610 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,531,310 ±358
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$221,400 ±$7,255 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $299,500 ±$3,303
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.4% ±1.5% (10,854  ±2,223.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 12.3% 668,017 (±0.4% / ±24,046)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88% ±2.2% (87,353  ±4,664.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 91% 3,479,792 (±0.8% / ±31,588.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
24.4% ±2.3% (24,162  ±2,554.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 33.3% 1,275,289 (±0.5% / ±18,834.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

9.7% ±1.9% (12,941  ±2,517.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 418,840 (±0.1% / ±6,831.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

8.5% ±1.7% (12,466  ±2,501) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 6.4% 351,009
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.1% ±1.3% (7,995  ±1,552) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.1% 345,945 (±0.3% / ±11,931)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,995 Total veterans ±1,552 7,415 Male ±1,509 580 Female ±315

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