Lamar vs Lydia

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

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

Lamar has the higher population (1,446 vs 237 in Lydia). Lamar has the higher median household income ($44,000 vs $22,275 in Lydia). Lamar has the higher median home value ($112,700 vs $42,800 in Lydia).

Population, income & housing

	Lamar	Lydia
Population	1,446	237
Median age	29.7 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,000	$22,275
Median home value	$112,700	$42,800
Median gross rent	$947	—
Housing units	543	237
Homeownership rate	76.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	50.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamar	Lydia
Population	1,097 → 1,446 (+31.8%)	425 → 237 (-44.2%)
Median household income	$31,563 → $44,000 (+39.4%)	$58,103 → $22,275 (-61.7%)
Median home value	$101,100 → $112,700 (+11.5%)	$43,800 → $42,800 (-2.3%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $947 (+41.6%)	—

Lamar

Population

1,0971,446

Median household income

$31,563$44,000

Median home value

$101,100$112,700

Median gross rent

$669$947

Lydia

Population

425237

Median household income

$58,103$22,275

Median home value

$43,800$42,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamar	Lydia
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	33.2%	27.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	16.0%
25 to 34	8.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	26.2%
55 to 64	7.6%	5.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	25.3%
75 and over	5.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamar	Lydia
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	38.8%
Black or African American	47.1%	55.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamar	Lydia
No high school diploma	14.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.9%	61.5%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	9.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamar	Lydia
Drove alone	75.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamar	Lydia
1-unit, detached	84.3%	18.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	81.9%

Poverty & households

	Lamar	Lydia
Poverty rate	31.3%	35.0%
Average household size	2.88	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1965	1991