Eureka Mill vs Fort Lawn

A side-by-side comparison of Eureka Mill and Fort Lawn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eureka Mill has the higher population (1,732 vs 1,144 in Fort Lawn). Fort Lawn has the higher median household income ($54,141 vs $35,980 in Eureka Mill). Fort Lawn has the higher median home value ($189,000 vs $177,100 in Eureka Mill).

Population, income & housing

	Eureka Mill	Fort Lawn
Population	1,732	1,144
Median age	40.2 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,980	$54,141
Median home value	$177,100	$189,000
Median gross rent	$936	$1,280
Housing units	754	403
Homeownership rate	88.9%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eureka Mill	Fort Lawn
Population	1,599 → 1,732 (+8.3%)	940 → 1,144 (+21.7%)
Median household income	$42,292 → $35,980 (-14.9%)	$38,438 → $54,141 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $177,100 (+110.1%)	$97,100 → $189,000 (+94.6%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $936 (+47.2%)	$917 → $1,280 (+39.6%)

Eureka Mill

Population

1,5991,732

Median household income

$42,292$35,980

Median home value

$84,300$177,100

Median gross rent

$636$936

Fort Lawn

Population

9401,144

Median household income

$38,438$54,141

Median home value

$97,100$189,000

Median gross rent

$917$1,280

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eureka Mill	Fort Lawn
Under 5	1.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	29.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	18.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	1.7%
75 and over	5.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eureka Mill	Fort Lawn
White (non-Hispanic)	29.1%	41.9%
Black or African American	66.3%	48.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eureka Mill	Fort Lawn
No high school diploma	7.5%	20.8%
High school graduate	44.9%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eureka Mill	Fort Lawn
Drove alone	80.4%	92.8%
Carpooled	18.9%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eureka Mill	Fort Lawn
1-unit, detached	97.1%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	49.4%

Poverty & households

	Eureka Mill	Fort Lawn
Poverty rate	40.9%	13.8%
Average household size	2.71	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1978	1990