Lamar vs North Hartsville

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

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

North Hartsville has the higher population (3,217 vs 1,446 in Lamar). North Hartsville has the higher median household income ($59,990 vs $44,000 in Lamar). Lamar has the higher median home value ($112,700 vs $99,700 in North Hartsville).

Population, income & housing

	Lamar	North Hartsville
Population	1,446	3,217
Median age	29.7 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,000	$59,990
Median home value	$112,700	$99,700
Median gross rent	$947	$1,157
Housing units	543	1,459
Homeownership rate	76.5%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamar	North Hartsville
Population	1,097 → 1,446 (+31.8%)	2,732 → 3,217 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$31,563 → $44,000 (+39.4%)	$60,043 → $59,990 (-0.1%)
Median home value	$101,100 → $112,700 (+11.5%)	$118,800 → $99,700 (-16.1%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $947 (+41.6%)	$618 → $1,157 (+87.2%)

Lamar

Population

1,0971,446

Median household income

$31,563$44,000

Median home value

$101,100$112,700

Median gross rent

$669$947

North Hartsville

Population

2,7323,217

Median household income

$60,043$59,990

Median home value

$118,800$99,700

Median gross rent

$618$1,157

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamar	North Hartsville
Under 5	4.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	33.2%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	3.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	16.8%
35 to 44	9.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	7.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.1%
75 and over	5.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamar	North Hartsville
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	62.0%
Black or African American	47.1%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
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%	13.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamar	North Hartsville
No high school diploma	14.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	28.9%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamar	North Hartsville
Drove alone	75.7%	96.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	0.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamar	North Hartsville
1-unit, detached	84.3%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Lamar	North Hartsville
Poverty rate	31.3%	30.8%
Average household size	2.88	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1965	1980