Lodge vs Walterboro

A side-by-side comparison of Lodge and Walterboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walterboro has the higher population (5,490 vs 150 in Lodge). Walterboro has the higher median household income ($48,366 vs $34,625 in Lodge). Walterboro has the higher median home value ($170,500 vs $58,500 in Lodge).

Population, income & housing

	Lodge	Walterboro
Population	150	5,490
Median age	45.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$34,625	$48,366
Median home value	$58,500	$170,500
Median gross rent	—	$865
Housing units	102	2,621
Homeownership rate	82.4%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lodge	Walterboro
Population	95 → 150 (+57.9%)	5,477 → 5,490 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$29,353 → $34,625 (+18.0%)	$32,900 → $48,366 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $58,500 (-38.4%)	$107,600 → $170,500 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$593 → $865 (+45.9%)

Lodge

Population

95150

Median household income

$29,353$34,625

Median home value

$95,000$58,500

Walterboro

Population

5,4775,490

Median household income

$32,900$48,366

Median home value

$107,600$170,500

Median gross rent

$593$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lodge	Walterboro
Under 5	6.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	16.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	1.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	5.3%	8.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	18.7%	11.5%
75 and over	6.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lodge	Walterboro
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	39.8%
Black or African American	3.3%	48.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lodge	Walterboro
No high school diploma	12.8%	19.2%
High school graduate	70.9%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	8.1%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lodge	Walterboro
Drove alone	61.1%	77.4%
Carpooled	36.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lodge	Walterboro
1-unit, detached	69.6%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Lodge	Walterboro
Poverty rate	26.7%	30.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	42	35
Median year structure built	1978	1974