Hartsville vs Lamar

A side-by-side comparison of Hartsville and Lamar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hartsville has the higher population (7,422 vs 1,446 in Lamar). Hartsville has the higher median household income ($47,720 vs $44,000 in Lamar). Hartsville has the higher median home value ($188,800 vs $112,700 in Lamar).

Population, income & housing

	Hartsville	Lamar
Population	7,422	1,446
Median age	34.3 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,720	$44,000
Median home value	$188,800	$112,700
Median gross rent	$834	$947
Housing units	3,355	543
Homeownership rate	61.0%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartsville	Lamar
Population	7,616 → 7,422 (-2.5%)	1,097 → 1,446 (+31.8%)
Median household income	$35,487 → $47,720 (+34.5%)	$31,563 → $44,000 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $188,800 (+28.4%)	$101,100 → $112,700 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $834 (+25.2%)	$669 → $947 (+41.6%)

Hartsville

Population

7,6167,422

Median household income

$35,487$47,720

Median home value

$147,000$188,800

Median gross rent

$666$834

Lamar

Population

1,0971,446

Median household income

$31,563$44,000

Median home value

$101,100$112,700

Median gross rent

$669$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartsville	Lamar
Under 5	6.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	22.8%	33.2%
18 to 24	12.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.5%	8.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	7.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.5%
75 and over	6.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartsville	Lamar
White (non-Hispanic)	48.6%	52.3%
Black or African American	47.6%	47.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartsville	Lamar
No high school diploma	10.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	28.0%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartsville	Lamar
Drove alone	71.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	14.9%
Other means	11.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartsville	Lamar
1-unit, detached	74.6%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Hartsville	Lamar
Poverty rate	23.5%	31.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1975	1965