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Richland County (South & Central)--Forest Acres & Dentsville Cities PUMA, SC

105,015 Population
432.6 square miles 242.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,338 ±$3,555 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $40,195 ±$511
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,114 ±$7,483 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $72,350 ±$959
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.8% ±3.7% (15,648  ±3,782) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.3% 707,939 (±0.5% / ±25,914)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19 minutes ±0.8 (887,515  ±53,666) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

42,185 ±3,318 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,222,890 ±11,062
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (93,603  ±8,738) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,338,044
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.5% ±2.6% (970  ±725) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds 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

45,514 ±3,481 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,531,310 ±358
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$225,200 ±$14,266 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

22.6% ±4.1% (23,538  ±4,695.3) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 12.3% 668,017 (±0.4% / ±24,046)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.1% ±2.7% (60,877  ±5,417.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
38.4% ±4.5% (25,393  ±3,646) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 33.3% 1,275,289 (±0.5% / ±18,834.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

10% ±4% (9,937  ±4,027.8) 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 half the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

9.3% ±4.6% (9,736  ±4,916) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 6.4% 351,009
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

9.8% ±2.2% (7,881  ±1,878) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.1% 345,945 (±0.3% / ±11,931)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,881 Total veterans ±1,878 6,236 Male ±1,438 1,645 Female ±1,096

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