Lamar vs Pine Ridge

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

Lamar and Pine Ridge 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 595 in Pine Ridge). Pine Ridge has the higher median household income ($54,286 vs $44,000 in Lamar). Lamar has the higher median home value ($112,700 vs $107,700 in Pine Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Lamar	Pine Ridge
Population	1,446	595
Median age	29.7 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,000	$54,286
Median home value	$112,700	$107,700
Median gross rent	$947	$702
Housing units	543	343
Homeownership rate	76.5%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamar	Pine Ridge
Population	1,097 → 1,446 (+31.8%)	704 → 595 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$31,563 → $44,000 (+39.4%)	$41,250 → $54,286 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$101,100 → $112,700 (+11.5%)	$56,900 → $107,700 (+89.3%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $947 (+41.6%)	$549 → $702 (+27.9%)

Lamar

Population

1,0971,446

Median household income

$31,563$44,000

Median home value

$101,100$112,700

Median gross rent

$669$947

Pine Ridge

Population

704595

Median household income

$41,250$54,286

Median home value

$56,900$107,700

Median gross rent

$549$702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamar	Pine Ridge
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	33.2%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	8.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	8.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	7.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	25.4%
75 and over	5.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamar	Pine Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	93.8%
Black or African American	47.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamar	Pine Ridge
No high school diploma	14.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	28.9%	52.8%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamar	Pine Ridge
Drove alone	75.7%	68.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	8.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamar	Pine Ridge
1-unit, detached	84.3%	60.9%
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%	39.1%

Poverty & households

	Lamar	Pine Ridge
Poverty rate	31.3%	22.4%
Average household size	2.88	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1965	1985