Lake Secession vs Lowndesville

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

Lake Secession and Lowndesville 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 166 in Lowndesville). Since 2019, Lowndesville's population has grown faster (+78.5% vs +4.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Secession	Lowndesville
Population	1,209	166
Median age	53.7 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,933	—
Median home value	$335,500	—
Median gross rent	$950	$520
Housing units	915	110
Homeownership rate	95.7%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Secession	Lowndesville
Population	1,158 → 1,209 (+4.4%)	93 → 166 (+78.5%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $46,933 (+31.7%)	—
Median home value	$207,400 → $335,500 (+61.8%)	$86,000 → $529,200 (+515.3%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $950 (+31.6%)	$575 → $520 (-9.6%)

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

Lowndesville

Population

93166

Median home value

$86,000$529,200

Median gross rent

$575$520

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Secession	Lowndesville
Under 5	1.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	3.6%
25 to 34	6.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	16.7%	42.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.7%
65 to 74	17.4%	7.2%
75 and over	19.3%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Secession	Lowndesville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	57.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	28.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Secession	Lowndesville
No high school diploma	6.1%	7.1%
High school graduate	17.3%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	53.6%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Secession	Lowndesville
Drove alone	82.5%	51.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	39.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Secession	Lowndesville
1-unit, detached	64.0%	55.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	27.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.0%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Secession	Lowndesville
Poverty rate	5.6%	25.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	32	39
Median year structure built	1992	1970