Calhoun Falls vs Lake Secession

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

Calhoun Falls 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.

Calhoun Falls has the higher population (1,897 vs 1,209 in Lake Secession). Lake Secession has the higher median household income ($46,933 vs $35,527 in Calhoun Falls). Lake Secession has the higher median home value ($335,500 vs $62,500 in Calhoun Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Calhoun Falls	Lake Secession
Population	1,897	1,209
Median age	45.3 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$35,527	$46,933
Median home value	$62,500	$335,500
Median gross rent	$476	$950
Housing units	992	915
Homeownership rate	60.8%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calhoun Falls	Lake Secession
Population	1,692 → 1,897 (+12.1%)	1,158 → 1,209 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$23,919 → $35,527 (+48.5%)	$35,625 → $46,933 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$46,100 → $62,500 (+35.6%)	$207,400 → $335,500 (+61.8%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $476 (-10.5%)	$722 → $950 (+31.6%)

Calhoun Falls

Population

1,6921,897

Median household income

$23,919$35,527

Median home value

$46,100$62,500

Median gross rent

$532$476

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)

	Calhoun Falls	Lake Secession
Under 5	6.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	12.5%
18 to 24	13.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.2%	6.0%
35 to 44	8.2%	4.9%
45 to 54	14.9%	16.7%
55 to 64	18.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	17.4%
75 and over	4.3%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calhoun Falls	Lake Secession
White (non-Hispanic)	37.3%	84.4%
Black or African American	58.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	4.3%	15.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calhoun Falls	Lake Secession
No high school diploma	22.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	47.0%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calhoun Falls	Lake Secession
Drove alone	87.5%	82.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	9.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calhoun Falls	Lake Secession
1-unit, detached	60.1%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	36.0%

Poverty & households

	Calhoun Falls	Lake Secession
Poverty rate	15.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1972	1992