Donalds vs Lowndesville

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

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

Donalds has the higher population (352 vs 166 in Lowndesville). Since 2019, Lowndesville's population has grown faster (+78.5% vs +3.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Donalds	Lowndesville
Population	352	166
Median age	48.1 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,643	—
Median home value	$109,100	—
Median gross rent	$818	$520
Housing units	154	110
Homeownership rate	67.4%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donalds	Lowndesville
Population	339 → 352 (+3.8%)	93 → 166 (+78.5%)
Median household income	$55,938 → $49,643 (-11.3%)	—
Median home value	$74,200 → $109,100 (+47.0%)	$86,000 → $529,200 (+515.3%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $818 (+15.5%)	$575 → $520 (-9.6%)

Donalds

Population

339352

Median household income

$55,938$49,643

Median home value

$74,200$109,100

Median gross rent

$708$818

Lowndesville

Population

93166

Median home value

$86,000$529,200

Median gross rent

$575$520

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donalds	Lowndesville
Under 5	3.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	3.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	27.0%	42.2%
55 to 64	9.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	7.2%
75 and over	4.3%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donalds	Lowndesville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	57.8%
Black or African American	23.3%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	28.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donalds	Lowndesville
No high school diploma	11.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donalds	Lowndesville
Drove alone	80.0%	51.7%
Carpooled	4.5%	8.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	39.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donalds	Lowndesville
1-unit, detached	69.5%	55.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	27.3%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Donalds	Lowndesville
Poverty rate	15.6%	25.3%
Average household size	2.67	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	25	39
Median year structure built	1958	1970