Lamar vs Society Hill

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

Lamar and Society Hill 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 460 in Society Hill). Lamar has the higher median household income ($44,000 vs $32,115 in Society Hill). Lamar has the higher median home value ($112,700 vs $71,500 in Society Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Lamar	Society Hill
Population	1,446	460
Median age	29.7 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,000	$32,115
Median home value	$112,700	$71,500
Median gross rent	$947	$693
Housing units	543	242
Homeownership rate	76.5%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamar	Society Hill
Population	1,097 → 1,446 (+31.8%)	473 → 460 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$31,563 → $44,000 (+39.4%)	$36,667 → $32,115 (-12.4%)
Median home value	$101,100 → $112,700 (+11.5%)	$58,800 → $71,500 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $947 (+41.6%)	$761 → $693 (-8.9%)

Lamar

Population

1,0971,446

Median household income

$31,563$44,000

Median home value

$101,100$112,700

Median gross rent

$669$947

Society Hill

Population

473460

Median household income

$36,667$32,115

Median home value

$58,800$71,500

Median gross rent

$761$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamar	Society Hill
Under 5	4.1%	0.7%
5 to 17	33.2%	4.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	11.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	27.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	5.7%
55 to 64	7.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	16.5%
75 and over	5.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamar	Society Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	43.9%
Black or African American	47.1%	49.6%
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%	3.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamar	Society Hill
No high school diploma	14.0%	13.5%
High school graduate	28.9%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamar	Society Hill
Drove alone	75.7%	89.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamar	Society Hill
1-unit, detached	84.3%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.9%
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%	37.2%

Poverty & households

	Lamar	Society Hill
Poverty rate	31.3%	16.3%
Average household size	2.88	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1965	1974