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Laurens School District 56, SC

19,608 Population
290.4 square miles 67.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Laurens County: 40.9 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,973 ±$1,784 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Laurens County: $28,728 ±$1,339
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$52,761 ±$8,731 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Laurens County: $55,517 ±$3,052
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

19.2% ±3.8% (3,481  ±728) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Laurens County: 17.7% † 11,621 (±2.2% / ±1,441)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

24.1 minutes ±2.1 (191,230  ±26,173) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Laurens County: 25.3 684,710 (±1 / ±36,807)
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

7,372 ±509 Number of households
  • Laurens County: 26,291 ±602
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.4 ±0.2 (17,902  ±1,169) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Laurens County: 2.5 65,590 (±0.1 / ±46)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

3.8% ±2.5% (160  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Laurens County: 5.9% † 886 (±1.4% / ±210)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

9,742 ±443 Number of housing units
  • Laurens County: 31,695 ±45
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$150,300 ±$15,660 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Laurens County: $153,500 ±$9,199
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

11.3% ±2.9% (2,202  ±568.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Laurens County: 12.2% † 8,188 (±1.6% / ±1,072.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

85.5% ±3.9% (11,323  ±798.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Laurens County: 83.7% 39,577 (±2.9% / ±1,373)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
23.8% ±3.5% (3,155  ±497.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Laurens County: 17.9% 8,447 (±1.4% / ±663.6)
  • about three-quarters of 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

2.4% ±1% (479  ±200) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Laurens County: 3.9% 2,672
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556

6.1% ±1.2% (955  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Laurens County: 6.6% † 3,479 (±0.7% / ±376)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
955 Total veterans ±192 882 Male ±173 73 Female ±71

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