Due West vs Lowndesville

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

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

Due West has the higher population (1,185 vs 166 in Lowndesville). Since 2019, Lowndesville's population has grown faster (+78.5% vs -10.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Due West	Lowndesville
Population	1,185	166
Median age	21.6 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,059	—
Median home value	$178,500	—
Median gross rent	$936	$520
Housing units	468	110
Homeownership rate	64.6%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	19.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Due West	Lowndesville
Population	1,321 → 1,185 (-10.3%)	93 → 166 (+78.5%)
Median household income	$55,750 → $52,059 (-6.6%)	—
Median home value	$101,000 → $178,500 (+76.7%)	$86,000 → $529,200 (+515.3%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $936 (+37.4%)	$575 → $520 (-9.6%)

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

Lowndesville

Population

93166

Median home value

$86,000$529,200

Median gross rent

$575$520

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Due West	Lowndesville
Under 5	1.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	57.3%	3.6%
25 to 34	4.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	3.9%	42.2%
55 to 64	7.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	3.1%	7.2%
75 and over	4.7%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Due West	Lowndesville
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	57.8%
Black or African American	21.9%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	28.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Due West	Lowndesville
No high school diploma	2.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	22.9%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Due West	Lowndesville
Drove alone	62.3%	51.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	24.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	39.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Due West	Lowndesville
1-unit, detached	83.5%	55.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	27.3%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Due West	Lowndesville
Poverty rate	11.2%	25.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	21	39
Median year structure built	1972	1970