Due West vs Lake Secession

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

Due West 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 1,185 in Due West). Due West has the higher median household income ($52,059 vs $46,933 in Lake Secession). Lake Secession has the higher median home value ($335,500 vs $178,500 in Due West).

Population, income & housing

	Due West	Lake Secession
Population	1,185	1,209
Median age	21.6 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,059	$46,933
Median home value	$178,500	$335,500
Median gross rent	$936	$950
Housing units	468	915
Homeownership rate	64.6%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	19.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Due West	Lake Secession
Population	1,321 → 1,185 (-10.3%)	1,158 → 1,209 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$55,750 → $52,059 (-6.6%)	$35,625 → $46,933 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$101,000 → $178,500 (+76.7%)	$207,400 → $335,500 (+61.8%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $936 (+37.4%)	$722 → $950 (+31.6%)

Due West

Population

1,3211,185

Median household income

$55,750$52,059

Median home value

$101,000$178,500

Median gross rent

$681$936

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)

	Due West	Lake Secession
Under 5	1.3%	1.7%
5 to 17	8.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	57.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	4.1%	6.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	4.9%
45 to 54	3.9%	16.7%
55 to 64	7.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	3.1%	17.4%
75 and over	4.7%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Due West	Lake Secession
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	84.4%
Black or African American	21.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	15.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Due West	Lake Secession
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	22.9%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Due West	Lake Secession
Drove alone	62.3%	82.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	24.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	9.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Due West	Lake Secession
1-unit, detached	83.5%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	36.0%

Poverty & households

	Due West	Lake Secession
Poverty rate	11.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1972	1992