Fort Lawn vs Richburg

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

Fort Lawn and Richburg 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 404 in Richburg). Fort Lawn has the higher median home value ($189,000 vs $143,800 in Richburg). Since 2019, Richburg's population has grown faster (+28.3% vs +21.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Lawn	Richburg
Population	1,144	404
Median age	29.8 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,141	—
Median home value	$189,000	$143,800
Median gross rent	$1,280	—
Housing units	403	184
Homeownership rate	61.1%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Lawn	Richburg
Population	940 → 1,144 (+21.7%)	315 → 404 (+28.3%)
Median household income	$38,438 → $54,141 (+40.9%)	$34,375 → $45,125 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $189,000 (+94.6%)	$108,800 → $143,800 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $1,280 (+39.6%)	$842 → $730 (-13.3%)

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

Richburg

Population

315404

Median household income

$34,375$45,125

Median home value

$108,800$143,800

Median gross rent

$842$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Lawn	Richburg
Under 5	6.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	29.4%	11.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	3.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	1.7%	15.6%
75 and over	5.0%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Lawn	Richburg
White (non-Hispanic)	41.9%	14.6%
Black or African American	48.4%	79.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Lawn	Richburg
No high school diploma	20.8%	26.6%
High school graduate	31.1%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Lawn	Richburg
Drove alone	92.8%	98.0%
Carpooled	2.4%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	1.4%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Lawn	Richburg
1-unit, detached	49.6%	79.9%
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%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Lawn	Richburg
Poverty rate	13.8%	35.9%
Average household size	3.13	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1990	1981