Lydia vs Society Hill

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

Lydia 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.

Society Hill has the higher population (460 vs 237 in Lydia). Society Hill has the higher median household income ($32,115 vs $22,275 in Lydia). Society Hill has the higher median home value ($71,500 vs $42,800 in Lydia).

Population, income & housing

	Lydia	Society Hill
Population	237	460
Median age	47.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$22,275	$32,115
Median home value	$42,800	$71,500
Median gross rent	—	$693
Housing units	237	242
Homeownership rate	100.0%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	50.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lydia	Society Hill
Population	425 → 237 (-44.2%)	473 → 460 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$58,103 → $22,275 (-61.7%)	$36,667 → $32,115 (-12.4%)
Median home value	$43,800 → $42,800 (-2.3%)	$58,800 → $71,500 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$761 → $693 (-8.9%)

Lydia

Population

425237

Median household income

$58,103$22,275

Median home value

$43,800$42,800

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)

	Lydia	Society Hill
Under 5	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 17	27.0%	4.3%
18 to 24	16.0%	11.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	27.6%
45 to 54	26.2%	5.7%
55 to 64	5.5%	17.0%
65 to 74	25.3%	16.5%
75 and over	0.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lydia	Society Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	38.8%	43.9%
Black or African American	55.7%	49.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.5%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lydia	Society Hill
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.5%
High school graduate	61.5%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lydia	Society Hill
Drove alone	100.0%	89.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lydia	Society Hill
1-unit, detached	18.1%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	81.9%	37.2%

Poverty & households

	Lydia	Society Hill
Poverty rate	35.0%	16.3%
Average household size	1.84	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1991	1974