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29203

40,653 Population
62.3 square miles 653 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$25,580 ±$2,834 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $37,960 ±$573
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$46,054 ±$2,367 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $68,359 ±$1,206
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

26.1% ±3.5% (10,149  ±1,504) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 14.5% 118,970 (±0.6% / ±4,774)
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

21.5 minutes ±0.7 (332,425  ±32,840) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 25 8,919,745 (±0.4 / ±157,507)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

15,776 ±932 Number of households
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 339,601 ±1,746
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.5 ±0.1 (38,576  ±2,404) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 2.4 818,292 (±0 / ±287)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

9.2% ±2.6% (951  ±286) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 5% 10,488 (±0.5% / ±1,005)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

18,954 ±898 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 378,275 ±187
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$141,300 ±$17,617 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $232,400 ±$2,353
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

16.3% ±2.4% (6,508  ±1,015.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 15.1% 127,232 (±0.6% / ±4,834.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

85.6% ±7.3% (21,570  ±1,307.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 91.4% 518,545 (±1.1% / ±6,115.4)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
22.3% ±2.4% (5,627  ±691.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 35.4% 200,603 (±0.7% / ±3,889.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)

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

1.9% ±0.8% (774  ±313) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 5.8% 49,166
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

7.3% ±1.3% (2,242  ±433) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 9.3% 60,825 (±0.3% / ±1,841)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
2,242 Total veterans ±433 1,707 Male ±349 535 Female ±264

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