Shaw-Horatio, South Carolina
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Males: 10,809 | (50.4%) |
Females: 10,653 | (49.6%) |
Median resident age: | 28.3 years |
South Carolina median age: | 35.4 years |
Zip code: 29154
Shaw-Horatio: | $55,167 |
SC: | $64,115 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $27,375 (it was $14,668 in 2000)
Shaw-Horatio CCD income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $156,293 (it was $64,600 in 2000)
Shaw-Horatio: | $156,293 |
SC: | $254,600 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $200,346; detached houses: $217,174; townhouses or other attached units: $122,828; in 2-unit structures: $233,867; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $108,720; mobile homes: $121,525
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Shaw-Horatio, SC
- 11,33752.6%White alone
- 8,53139.6%Black alone
- 6573.0%Hispanic
- 4242.0%Two or more races
- 4021.9%Asian alone
- 940.4%American Indian alone
- 840.4%Other race alone
- 220.1%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
Races in Shaw-Horatio detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Current Local Time: EST time zone
Land area: 125.7 square miles.
Population density: 171 people per square mile (very low).
Shaw-Horatio CCD: | 0.6% ($394) |
South Carolina: | 0.6% ($510) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Columbia, SC (29.5 miles , pop. 116,278).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Charlotte, NC (87.9 miles , pop. 540,828).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (511.3 miles , pop. 1,517,550).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 33.97 N, Longitude: 80.50 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 803
Here: | 3.8% |
South Carolina: | 3.1% |
- Health care (9.2%)
- Public administration (8.4%)
- Educational services (7.9%)
- Accommodation & food services (7.2%)
- Construction (5.6%)
- Finance & insurance (3.9%)
- Administrative & support & waste management services (3.4%)
- Construction (10.7%)
- Public administration (9.5%)
- Accommodation & food services (5.5%)
- Repair & maintenance (5.4%)
- Administrative & support & waste management services (5.3%)
- Transportation equipment (3.8%)
- Educational services (3.5%)
- Health care (15.5%)
- Educational services (12.5%)
- Accommodation & food services (9.0%)
- Public administration (7.3%)
- Finance & insurance (6.3%)
- Food (4.1%)
- Department & other general merchandise stores (3.9%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (7.4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (3.9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3.9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3.7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (3.5%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (3.5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (3.2%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (9.1%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (7.1%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6.5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5.4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5.3%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4.4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4.0%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (5.6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (5.2%)
- Cashiers (5.1%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (4.8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4.5%)
- Information and record clerks, except customer service representatives (4.4%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (4.1%)
Average climate in Shaw-Horatio, South Carolina
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
(lower is better)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2023 was 44.2. This is significantly better than average.
City: | 44.2 |
U.S.: | 72.6 |
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) [ppb] level in 2023 was 2.97. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 9.8 miles away from the city center.
City: | 2.97 |
U.S.: | 5.11 |
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2019 was 0.0671. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 1.8 miles away from the city center.
City: | 0.0671 |
U.S.: | 1.5147 |
Ozone [ppb] level in 2023 was 24.2. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 19.2 miles away from the city center.
City: | 24.2 |
U.S.: | 33.3 |
Lead (Pb) [µg/m3] level in 2007 was 0.00081. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 9.8 miles away from the city center.
City: | 0.00081 |
U.S.: | 0.00931 |
Tornado activity:
Shaw-Horatio-area historical tornado activity is slightly above South Carolina state average. It is 27% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 4/15/2007, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 12.1 miles away from the Shaw-Horatio place center killed one person and injured 5 people.
On 3/28/1984, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 39.5 miles away from the place center killed 5 people and injured 49 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Shaw-Horatio-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above South Carolina state average. It is 36% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 8/2/1974 at 08:52:09, a magnitude 4.9 (4.3 MB, 4.9 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 114.2 miles away from Shaw-Horatio center
On 11/22/1974 at 05:25:55, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB) earthquake occurred 76.5 miles away from the city center
On 8/23/2011 at 17:51:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 308.3 miles away from Shaw-Horatio center
On 8/9/2020 at 12:07:37, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 4.7 mi) earthquake occurred 176.8 miles away from Shaw-Horatio center
On 8/21/1992 at 16:31:55, a magnitude 4.4 (4.1 MB, 4.1 LG, 4.4 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 67.1 miles away from the city center
On 4/13/1998 at 09:56:11, a magnitude 3.9 (3.5 MB, 3.9 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 44.6 miles away from Shaw-Horatio center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Sumter County (18) is near the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 9
Emergencies Declared: 6
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 8, Floods: 3, Storms: 3, Winter Storms: 3, Drought: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Tropical Storm: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers near Shaw-Horatio:
- COVENANT PLACE NURSING CENTER (Nursing Home, about 6 miles away; SUMTER, SC)
- FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE SUMTER (Dialysis Facility, about 7 miles away; SUMTER, SC)
- NHC HEALTHCARE - SUMTER (Nursing Home, about 8 miles away; SUMTER, SC)
- THOMAS DRIVE (Hospital, about 8 miles away; SUMTER, SC)
- ATKINSON WEST COMM. RES. (Hospital, about 9 miles away; SUMTER, SC)
- TUOMEY HOME HEALTH (Home Health Center, about 9 miles away; SUMTER, SC)
- MARINER HEALTH CARE OF SUMTER - WEST (Nursing Home, about 9 miles away; SUMTER, SC)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Shaw-Horatio:
- Central Carolina Technical College (about 8 miles; Sumter, SC; Full-time enrollment: 3,108)
- Benedict College (about 31 miles; Columbia, SC; FT enrollment: 3,039)
- University of South Carolina-Columbia (about 31 miles; Columbia, SC; FT enrollment: 27,789)
- Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College (about 35 miles; Orangeburg, SC; FT enrollment: 2,113)
- Midlands Technical College (about 36 miles; West Columbia, SC; FT enrollment: 8,916)
- South Carolina State University (about 39 miles; Orangeburg, SC; FT enrollment: 3,481)
- Florence-Darlington Technical College (about 44 miles; Florence, SC; FT enrollment: 4,468)
Points of interest:
Notable locations in Shaw-Horatio: Wateree Swamp Hunting Club (A), Borough Plantation (B), Oakland Plantation (C), Sumters Landing (D), The Ruins (E), Dundell Gardens (F), Eastover Hunting Club (G), Shaw Air Force Base Fire Department (H), Sumter County Rural Fire Department Dalzell (I), Sumter County Rural Fire Department Cherryvale (J), Sumter County Rural Fire Department Horatio (K). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Shaw-Horatio include: Saint Lukes Church (A), Chapel Number 2 (B), Four Bridges Church (C), Church of the Holy Cross (D), Bethel Church (E), Long Branch Church (F), Horeb Church (G), Hopewell Church (H), High Hills Baptist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Saint Johns Cemetery (1), Saint Lukes Cemetery (2), Loring Cemetery (3), Four Bridges Cemetery (4), Mount Carmel Cemetery (5), General Sumters Tomb (6), Willow Grove Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Westbury Lake (A), Little Lake (B), Hood Lake (C), Ruggs Lake (D), Hurricane Lake (E), Jack Hole (F), Big Lake (G), Dry Swamp Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Suicide Branch (A), Spann Branch (B), Robert Branch (C), Mush Swamp (D), Long Branch (E), Gum Swamp Branch (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
This place: | 2.7 people |
South Carolina: | 2.5 people |
This place: | 39.3% |
Whole state: | 70.3% |
This place: | 4.8% |
Whole state: | 4.6% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
This place: | 15.7% |
Whole state: | 14.1% |
This place: | 7.8% |
Whole state: | 6.5% |
People in group quarters in Shaw-Horatio in 2000:
- 824 people in military barracks, etc.
- 61 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 35 people in nursing homes
- 30 people in other group homes
- 6 people in military transient quarters for temporary residents
For population 15 years and over in Shaw-Horatio:
- Never married: 26.9%
- Now married: 59.0%
- Separated: 3.9%
- Widowed: 4.8%
- Divorced: 9.2%
For population 25 years and over in Shaw-Horatio:
- High school or higher: 79.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.3%
- Unemployed: 8.4%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.0 minutes
Here: | 12.0 |
South Carolina average: | 13.2 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Shaw-Horatio, SC (based on Sumter County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 31,023 | 108 |
Black Protestant | 13,905 | 46 |
Mainline Protestant | 10,960 | 47 |
Other | 2,323 | 12 |
Catholic | 1,942 | 2 |
None | 47,303 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
This county: | 1.54 / 10,000 pop. |
South Carolina: | 1.99 / 10,000 pop. |
Sumter County: | 0.10 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 0.15 / 10,000 pop. |
Sumter County: | 0.77 / 10,000 pop. |
South Carolina: | 0.85 / 10,000 pop. |
Sumter County: | 6.06 / 10,000 pop. |
South Carolina: | 5.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 4.23 / 10,000 pop. |
South Carolina: | 7.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Sumter County: | 13.2% |
State: | 10.6% |
This county: | 34.1% |
State: | 29.4% |
This county: | 11.2% |
South Carolina: | 13.4% |
7.64% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($44,955 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 7.64% |
South Carolina average: | 8.89% |
0.37% of residents moved from foreign countries ($2,676 average AGI)
Sumter County: 0.37% South Carolina average: 0.04%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Richland County, SC | 0.61% ($38,285 average AGI) |
from Clarendon County, SC | 0.53% ($34,981) |
from Lexington County, SC | 0.22% ($30,430) |
8.11% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($47,025 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 8.11% |
South Carolina average: | 7.46% |
0.39% of residents moved to foreign countries ($2,323 average AGI)
Sumter County: 0.39% South Carolina average: 0.03%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Richland County, SC | 0.93% ($40,357 average AGI) |
to Clarendon County, SC | 0.41% ($41,345) |
to Lexington County, SC | 0.28% ($51,845) |
Strongest AM radio stations in Shaw-Horatio:
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
- WAGL (1560 AM; daytime; 50 kW; LANCASTER, SC; Owner: PALMETTO BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
- WSSC (1340 AM; 1 kW; SUMTER, SC; Owner: SUMTER BAPTIST TEMPLE, INC.)
- WDXY (1240 AM; 1 kW; SUMTER, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WVOC (560 AM; 5 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WJMX (970 AM; 10 kW; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WBCU (1460 AM; 50 kW; UNION, SC)
- WQMC (1290 AM; 1 kW; SUMTER, SC; Owner: MORRIS COLLEGE)
- WYMB (920 AM; 2 kW; MANNING, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WLGO (1170 AM; daytime; 10 kW; LEXINGTON, SC; Owner: LEVAS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Shaw-Horatio:
- WWDM (101.3 FM; SUMTER, SC; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WIBZ (95.5 FM; WEDGEFIELD, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WRJA-FM (88.1 FM; SUMTER, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- W205BO (88.9 FM; SUMTER, SC; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
- W207BQ (89.3 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- WNOK (104.7 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WMHK (89.7 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: COLUMBIA BIBLE COLLEGE B/CING CO.)
- WCSQ (92.5 FM; MONCKS CORNER, SC; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WTCB (106.7 FM; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WLTR (91.3 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WCOS-FM (97.5 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WQKI-FM (93.9 FM; ST. MATTHEWS, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WLJI (98.3 FM; SUMMERTON, SC; Owner: GLORY COMMUNICATIONS, INC .)
- W242AH (96.3 FM; SUMTER, SC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WHXT (103.9 FM; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- WWKT-FM (99.3 FM; KINGSTREE, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WPUB-FM (102.7 FM; CAMDEN, SC; Owner: KERSHAW RADIO CORPORATION)
- WARQ (93.5 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: URBAN RADIO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC)
- W240AX (95.9 FM; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WLTY (96.7 FM; CAYCE, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
TV broadcast stations around Shaw-Horatio:
- WLTX (Channel 19; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: PACIFIC AND SOUTHERN COMPANY, INC.)
- WOLO-TV (Channel 25; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WRJA-TV (Channel 27; SUMTER, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WACH (Channel 57; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WIS (Channel 10; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
- WBHQ (Channel 63; SUMTER, SC; Owner: COLUMBIA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WRLK-TV (Channel 35; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- W31BS (Channel 31; ORANGEBURG, SC; Owner: DOVE BROADCASTING INC.)
- W21CA (Channel 21; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: DOVE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- 74.5%Electricity
- 14.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 6.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 1.9%Utility gas
- 1.4%Wood
- 0.6%No fuel used
- 0.2%Solar energy
- 0.2%Other fuel
- 71.6%Electricity
- 19.1%Utility gas
- 5.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 1.1%No fuel used
- 0.6%Other fuel
Shaw-Horatio compared to South Carolina state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Median age significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
Shaw-Horatio on our top lists:
- #25 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: food (population 5,000+)"
- #30 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #34 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #47 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the lowest percentage of family households, population 10,000+"
- #57 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: electrical equipment, appliances, and components (population 5,000+)"
- #61 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: repair and maintenance (population 5,000+)"
- #61 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: textile mills and textile products (population 5,000+)"
- #71 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: cooks and food preparation workers (population 5,000+)"
- #71 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in military transient quarters for temporary residents (population 1,000+)"
- #76 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: furniture and related product manufacturing (population 5,000+)"
- #78 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: other production occupations including supervisors (population 5,000+)"
- #80 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: food processing workers (population 5,000+)"
- #84 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #90 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: u. s. postal service (population 5,000+)"
- #94 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: other production occupations including supervisors (population 5,000+)"
- #95 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in military barracks, etc. (population 1,000+)"
- #96 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (population 5,000+)"
- #99 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (population 5,000+)"
- #24 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
- #40 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
- #63 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations"
- #71 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents"