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Sumter, SC (South Carolina) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $189,911 (it was $76,600 in 2000)
Sumter:

$189,911
South Carolina:

$254,600
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $98,985 - $273,574

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $248,039
Here:

$248,039
State:

$368,255

Townhouses or other attached units: $133,411
Here:

$133,411
State:

$292,023

In 2-unit structures: $157,684
Here:

$157,684
State:

$358,283

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $136,340
Here:

$136,340
State:

$326,361

Mobile homes: $408,839
Here:

$408,839
State:

$102,531

Total population: 40,929 (Urban population: 39,930, Rural population: 283 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 19,139 (16,603 occupied: 8,737 owner occupied, 7,444 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

46%
State:

28%

Housing density: 720 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $150,942.

Median contract rent in 2022: $985 (lower quartile is $643, upper quartile is $1,272)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $928


Median gross rent in Sumter, SC in 2022: $1,154

Housing units in Sumter with a mortgage: 5,454 (221 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 180 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 38

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $73,706

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $47,834

Median monthly housing costs: $964

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Sumter, South Carolina Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1983

Median year apartment built: 1990

Household type by relationship:

Households: 42,560
  • Male householders: 7,492 (2,511 living alone), Female householders: 8,716 (2,953 living alone)
  • 6,593 spouses (6,535 opposite-sex spouses), 665 unmarried partners, (655 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 12,793 children (11,574 natural, 161 adopted, 1,056 stepchildren), 1,515 grandchildren, 852 brothers or sisters, 514 parents, 66 foster children, 1,119 other relatives, 552 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 1,678

Size of family households: 4,912 2-persons, 2,047 3-persons, 1,815 4-persons, 704 5-persons, 210 6-persons, 422 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,677 1-person, 475 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 8 4-persons.

5,646 married couples with children.
4,082 single-parent households (833 men, 3,249 women).

92.4% of residents of Sumter speak English at home.
5.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 1,403 (3.3%)
(49.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

7.0
State:

6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

5.0
State:

4.5

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Sumter, South Carolina
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Sumter, South Carolina
  • 41no bedroom
  • 161 bedroom
  • 1,1612 bedrooms
  • 4,5423 bedrooms
  • 2,4274 bedrooms
  • 5515+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sumter, South Carolina
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sumter, South Carolina
  • 116no bedroom
  • 8821 bedroom
  • 3,2872 bedrooms
  • 2,5643 bedrooms
  • 5074 bedrooms
  • 875+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Sumter in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Sumter in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 393no vehicle
  • 2,5421 vehicle
  • 3,2922 vehicles
  • 1,6443 vehicles
  • 5064 vehicles
  • 3605+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Sumter in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Sumter in renter-occupied apartments
  • 1,393no vehicle
  • 3,4411 vehicle
  • 2,1572 vehicles
  • 4093 vehicles
  • 454 vehicles
  • 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sumter, South Carolina
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sumter, South Carolina
  • 301 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 2583 rooms
  • 5124 rooms
  • 1,5105 rooms
  • 1,6346 rooms
  • 1,8647 rooms
  • 1,5268 rooms
  • 1,4059+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sumter, South Carolina
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sumter, South Carolina
  • 1161 room
  • 2382 rooms
  • 8063 rooms
  • 2,1534 rooms
  • 1,9845 rooms
  • 1,1826 rooms
  • 5567 rooms
  • 2348 rooms
  • 1769+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Sumter, SC
Sumter city income, earnings, and wages data

  • Sumter, SC household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Sumter, SC in 2022
  • 881Less than $10,000
  • 1,427$10,000 to $19,999
  • 1,854$20,000 to $29,999
  • 1,837$30,000 to $39,999
  • 1,266$40,000 to $49,999
  • 1,626$50,000 to $59,999
  • 1,501$60,000 to $74,999
  • 1,662$75,000 to $99,999
  • 1,542$100,000 to $124,999
  • 830$125,000 to $149,999
  • 609$150,000 to $199,999
  • 955$200,000 or more

  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Sumter, SC

  • Distribution of house value in Sumter, SC in 2022
  • 38Less than $10,000
  • 23$10,000 to $14,999
  • 27$15,000 to $19,999
  • 184$20,000 to $24,999
  • 26$25,000 to $29,999
  • 319$30,000 to $34,999
  • 19$35,000 to $39,999
  • 236$40,000 to $49,999
  • 203$50,000 to $59,999
  • 439$60,000 to $69,999
  • 400$70,000 to $79,999
  • 150$80,000 to $89,999
  • 269$90,000 to $99,999
  • 714$100,000 to $124,999
  • 762$125,000 to $149,999
  • 614$150,000 to $174,999
  • 879$175,000 to $199,999
  • 1,362$200,000 to $249,999
  • 1,278$250,000 to $299,999
  • 858$300,000 to $399,999
  • 346$400,000 to $499,999
  • 299$500,000 to $749,999
  • 56$750,000 to $999,999
  • 6$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
  • 8$1,500,000 to $1,999,999
  • 17$2,000,000 or more

  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Sumter, SC

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Sumter, SC in 2022
  • 248Less than $100
  • 225$100 to $149
  • 89$150 to $199
  • 92$200 to $249
  • 130$250 to $299
  • 42$300 to $349
  • 76$350 to $399
  • 291$400 to $449
  • 230$450 to $499
  • 192$500 to $549
  • 239$550 to $599
  • 381$600 to $649
  • 159$650 to $699
  • 405$700 to $749
  • 424$750 to $799
  • 395$800 to $899
  • 1,148$900 to $999
  • 1,504$1,000 to $1,249
  • 274$1,250 to $1,499
  • 294$1,500 to $1,999
  • 30$2,000 to $2,499
  • 81$2,500 to $2,999
  • 483No cash rent
Work and jobs in Sumter: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 89.3%
Number of people working at home: 1,253 (6.7% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 249
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 2,683
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 4,610
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 3,379
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 1,657
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 803
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 628
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 185
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 614
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 768
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 501
  • 90 or more minutes: 353
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Sumter

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 27,398 (83.6%)
  • Carpooled: 2,447 (7.5%)
  • Bus: 12 (0.0%)
  • Taxi: 432 (1.3%)
  • Bicycle: 139 (0.4%)
  • Walked: 374 (1.1%)
  • Worked at home: 1,253 (3.8%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 5.2%Males
  • 5.4%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 19.0%Males
  • 2.4%Females
  • Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
  • 15.9%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Asian residents
  • 30.5%Females
  • Unemployment rate for other race residents
  • 11.9%Males
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 5.5%Males
  • 2.8%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 17.9%Males
  • 1.7%Females
Races in Sumter detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Sumter, South Carolina
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Sumter, South Carolina
  • 6132010 or later
  • 7232000 to 2009
  • 3121990 to 1999
  • 2521980 to 1989
  • 1391970 to 1979
  • 168Before 1970
Ancestries in Sumter, SC

First ancestries reported:

  • American: 2,433 (8.8%)
  • English: 1,505 (5.4%)
  • German: 1,137 (4.1%)
  • Irish: 726 (2.6%)
  • European: 564 (2.0%)
  • African: 522 (1.9%)
  • Italian: 327 (1.2%)
  • Scottish: 229 (0.8%)
  • Romanian: 183 (0.7%)
  • Polish: 176 (0.6%)
  • Jamaican: 159 (0.6%)
  • French: 120 (0.4%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 116 (0.4%)
  • Russian: 77 (0.3%)
  • Welsh: 55 (0.2%)
  • Nigerian: 49 (0.2%)
  • British: 48 (0.2%)
  • Swedish: 41 (0.1%)
  • Hungarian: 33 (0.1%)
  • Dutch: 30 (0.1%)
  • Finnish: 30 (0.1%)
  • Armenian: 28 (0.1%)
  • Cajun: 27 (0.10%)
  • Norwegian: 25 (0.09%)
  • Canadian: 21 (0.08%)
  • French Canadian: 21 (0.08%)
  • Ukrainian: 21 (0.08%)
  • Northern European: 19 (0.07%)
  • Lebanese: 17 (0.06%)
  • Danish: 16 (0.06%)
  • Greek: 13 (0.05%)
  • Maltese: 8 (0.03%)
  • Swiss: 8 (0.03%)
  • Syrian: 5 (0.02%)
  • Portuguese: 5 (0.02%)
  • Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 5 (0.02%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico
Sumter:

17.6% (323)
South Carolina:

22.5% (60,774)

Jamaica
Sumter:

9.5% (175)
South Carolina:

2.6% (7,073)

Kenya
Sumter:

9.5% (174)
South Carolina:

0.5% (1,298)

Romania
Sumter:

7.2% (132)
South Carolina:

0.6% (1,507)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Sumter:

6.9% (126)
South Carolina:

3.2% (8,721)

Canada
Sumter:

6.3% (115)
South Carolina:

3.0% (8,193)

Africa, n.e.c.
Sumter:

4.2% (77)
South Carolina:

0.2% (581)

Philippines
Sumter:

3.8% (69)
South Carolina:

4.1% (11,031)

Russia
Sumter:

3.6% (66)
South Carolina:

1.3% (3,522)

Vietnam
Sumter:

3.2% (59)
South Carolina:

2.3% (6,308)

England
Sumter:

2.6% (47)
South Carolina:

1.9% (5,117)

Germany
Sumter:

2.2% (41)
South Carolina:

3.7% (9,982)

Indonesia
Sumter:

2.1% (38)
South Carolina:

0.1% (269)

Nigeria
Sumter:

1.9% (35)
South Carolina:

0.6% (1,652)

India
Sumter:

1.8% (34)
South Carolina:

6.8% (18,307)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 22,649
  • Other state: 18,177
  • Northeast: 4,653
  • Midwest: 3,369
  • South: 6,696
  • West: 3,394

78.3% of Sumter residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30.6% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 42.0% lived in South Carolina.


Sumter:

78.3%
State average:

86.5%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 106
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 41
  • 5th and 6th grade: 17
  • 7th and 8th grade: 132
  • 9th grade: 61
  • 10th grade: 123
  • 11th grade: 232
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 758
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,952
  • Less than 1 year of college: 839
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,719
  • Associate degree: 1,016
  • Bachelor's degree: 2,349
  • Master's degree: 1,050
  • Professional school degree: 213
  • Doctorate degree: 155
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 135
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 4
  • 5th and 6th grade: 50
  • 7th and 8th grade: 146
  • 9th grade: 79
  • 10th grade: 499
  • 11th grade: 692
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 311
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,637
  • Less than 1 year of college: 917
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,114
  • Associate degree: 1,669
  • Bachelor's degree: 2,665
  • Master's degree: 1,704
  • Professional school degree: 30
  • Doctorate degree: 115
Educational Attainment for Females
Sumter marital status for males
Sumter marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 12,469
  • One, attached: 1,016
  • Two: 678
  • 3 or 4: 981
  • 5 to 9: 1,018
  • 10 to 19: 876
  • 20 to 49: 360
  • 50 or more: 644
  • Mobile homes: 1,093

Median worth of mobile homes: $45,669

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 1.2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 3.4%

House/condo owner moved in on average 10 years ago

Renter moved in on average 3 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Sumter
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Sumter, SC
  • 72.2%Electricity
  • 24.4%Utility gas
  • 1.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.6%Wood
  • 0.5%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 0.3%Coal or coke
  • 0.2%Solar energy
  • 0.1%Other fuel
  • 0.1%No fuel used
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Sumter, SC
  • 87.4%Electricity
  • 10.0%Utility gas
  • 1.1%No fuel used
  • 1.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 0.1%Solar energy

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 684
Here:

17.0%
South Carolina:

14.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 419
Here:

16.5%
South Carolina:

11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 603
Here:

24.7%
South Carolina:

21.9%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
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