Donalds vs Lake Secession

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

Donalds 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.

Lake Secession has the higher population (1,209 vs 352 in Donalds). Donalds has the higher median household income ($49,643 vs $46,933 in Lake Secession). Lake Secession has the higher median home value ($335,500 vs $109,100 in Donalds).

Population, income & housing

	Donalds	Lake Secession
Population	352	1,209
Median age	48.1 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,643	$46,933
Median home value	$109,100	$335,500
Median gross rent	$818	$950
Housing units	154	915
Homeownership rate	67.4%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donalds	Lake Secession
Population	339 → 352 (+3.8%)	1,158 → 1,209 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$55,938 → $49,643 (-11.3%)	$35,625 → $46,933 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$74,200 → $109,100 (+47.0%)	$207,400 → $335,500 (+61.8%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $818 (+15.5%)	$722 → $950 (+31.6%)

Donalds

Population

339352

Median household income

$55,938$49,643

Median home value

$74,200$109,100

Median gross rent

$708$818

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)

	Donalds	Lake Secession
Under 5	3.4%	1.7%
5 to 17	12.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	6.0%
35 to 44	5.1%	4.9%
45 to 54	27.0%	16.7%
55 to 64	9.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.6%	17.4%
75 and over	4.3%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donalds	Lake Secession
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	84.4%
Black or African American	23.3%	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	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	15.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donalds	Lake Secession
No high school diploma	11.7%	6.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donalds	Lake Secession
Drove alone	80.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	4.5%	8.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donalds	Lake Secession
1-unit, detached	69.5%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	36.0%

Poverty & households

	Donalds	Lake Secession
Poverty rate	15.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.67	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1958	1992