Lake View vs Latta

A side-by-side comparison of Lake View and Latta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Latta has the higher population (1,301 vs 661 in Lake View). Latta has the higher median household income ($45,500 vs $31,033 in Lake View). Latta has the higher median home value ($106,000 vs $80,000 in Lake View).

Population, income & housing

	Lake View	Latta
Population	661	1,301
Median age	45.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$31,033	$45,500
Median home value	$80,000	$106,000
Median gross rent	$703	$685
Housing units	396	618
Homeownership rate	55.1%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake View	Latta
Population	773 → 661 (-14.5%)	1,219 → 1,301 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$23,250 → $31,033 (+33.5%)	$32,692 → $45,500 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$85,500 → $80,000 (-6.4%)	$93,700 → $106,000 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $703 (+44.1%)	$588 → $685 (+16.5%)

Lake View

Population

773661

Median household income

$23,250$31,033

Median home value

$85,500$80,000

Median gross rent

$488$703

Latta

Population

1,2191,301

Median household income

$32,692$45,500

Median home value

$93,700$106,000

Median gross rent

$588$685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake View	Latta
Under 5	2.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	13.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	7.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	18.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.1%
75 and over	10.3%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake View	Latta
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	59.3%
Black or African American	30.6%	30.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	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	1.5%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake View	Latta
No high school diploma	9.7%	13.3%
High school graduate	48.0%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake View	Latta
Drove alone	86.0%	75.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake View	Latta
1-unit, detached	62.4%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake View	Latta
Poverty rate	27.2%	27.0%
Average household size	2.00	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1970	1970