Fort Lawn vs Lowrys

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

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

Fort Lawn has the higher population (1,144 vs 357 in Lowrys). Lowrys has the higher median household income ($79,018 vs $54,141 in Fort Lawn). Fort Lawn has the higher median home value ($189,000 vs $160,400 in Lowrys).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Lawn	Lowrys
Population	1,144	357
Median age	29.8 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,141	$79,018
Median home value	$189,000	$160,400
Median gross rent	$1,280	$2,173
Housing units	403	142
Homeownership rate	61.1%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Lawn	Lowrys
Population	940 → 1,144 (+21.7%)	186 → 357 (+91.9%)
Median household income	$38,438 → $54,141 (+40.9%)	$50,625 → $79,018 (+56.1%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $189,000 (+94.6%)	$126,800 → $160,400 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,280 (+39.6%)	$1,688 → $2,173 (+28.7%)

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

Lowrys

Population

186357

Median household income

$50,625$79,018

Median home value

$126,800$160,400

Median gross rent

$1,688$2,173

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Lawn	Lowrys
Under 5	6.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	29.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	12.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	1.7%	11.2%
75 and over	5.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Lawn	Lowrys
White (non-Hispanic)	41.9%	74.8%
Black or African American	48.4%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Lawn	Lowrys
No high school diploma	20.8%	11.5%
High school graduate	31.1%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Lawn	Lowrys
Drove alone	92.8%	87.7%
Carpooled	2.4%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Lawn	Lowrys
1-unit, detached	49.6%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.4%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Lawn	Lowrys
Poverty rate	13.8%	10.1%
Average household size	3.13	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1990	1983