Abbeville vs Lake Secession

A side-by-side comparison of Abbeville and Lake Secession: population, income, housing, and more.

Abbeville and Lake Secession are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Abbeville has the higher population (4,863 vs 1,209 in Lake Secession). Lake Secession has the higher median household income ($46,933 vs $38,983 in Abbeville). Lake Secession has the higher median home value ($335,500 vs $108,500 in Abbeville).

Population, income & housing

	Abbeville	Lake Secession
Population	4,863	1,209
Median age	37.0 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$38,983	$46,933
Median home value	$108,500	$335,500
Median gross rent	$575	$950
Housing units	2,321	915
Homeownership rate	44.8%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abbeville	Lake Secession
Population	5,045 → 4,863 (-3.6%)	1,158 → 1,209 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$24,809 → $38,983 (+57.1%)	$35,625 → $46,933 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$92,500 → $108,500 (+17.3%)	$207,400 → $335,500 (+61.8%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $575 (-12.6%)	$722 → $950 (+31.6%)

Abbeville

Population

5,0454,863

Median household income

$24,809$38,983

Median home value

$92,500$108,500

Median gross rent

$658$575

Lake Secession

Population

1,1581,209

Median household income

$35,625$46,933

Median home value

$207,400$335,500

Median gross rent

$722$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abbeville	Lake Secession
Under 5	4.9%	1.7%
5 to 17	20.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	4.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	16.5%	4.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	16.7%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	14.4%	17.4%
75 and over	7.0%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abbeville	Lake Secession
White (non-Hispanic)	41.1%	84.4%
Black or African American	53.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	15.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abbeville	Lake Secession
No high school diploma	15.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	42.9%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abbeville	Lake Secession
Drove alone	80.5%	82.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	9.2%
Other means	4.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abbeville	Lake Secession
1-unit, detached	59.6%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	36.0%

Poverty & households

	Abbeville	Lake Secession
Poverty rate	23.4%	5.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1966	1992