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29210

40,504 Population
16.8 square miles 2,416 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,189 ±$1,202 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $37,159 ±$542
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$50,258 ±$3,180 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $66,146 ±$1,090
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

18.9% ±3.2% (6,850  ±1,223) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 14.7% 118,721 (±0.6% / ±4,513)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

20.6 minutes ±0.8 (348,460  ±31,401) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 25.1 9,046,385 (±0.3 / ±153,176)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

17,378 ±883 Number of households
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 334,378 ±1,705
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.1 ±0.1 (36,010  ±2,253) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 2.4 807,572 (±0 / ±297)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

8.1% ±3.6% (973  ±436) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 4.9% 10,230 (±0.4% / ±840)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

19,592 ±889 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 373,131 ±195
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$183,000 ±$5,576 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: $213,400 ±$2,579
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

24.8% ±2.6% (9,910  ±1,159.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 15.9% 132,446 (±0.6% / ±4,848.3)
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

90.5% ±2.3% (25,839  ±1,522) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 91.1% 510,120 (±1% / ±5,798.8)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
29.8% ±2.7% (8,498  ±883.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 35% 196,207 (±0.7% / ±3,712.7)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

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

7.2% ±1.7% (2,926  ±689) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 5.6% 46,628
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

8.2% ±1.2% (2,690  ±404) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Columbia, SC Metro Area: 9.4% 60,242 (±0.3% / ±1,966)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
2,690 Total veterans ±404 2,200 Male ±374 490 Female ±151

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