Florence vs Lake City

A side-by-side comparison of Florence and Lake City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Florence has the higher population (40,205 vs 6,032 in Lake City). Florence has the higher median household income ($56,433 vs $35,000 in Lake City). Florence has the higher median home value ($189,800 vs $133,700 in Lake City).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Lake City
Population	40,205	6,032
Median age	37.6 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,433	$35,000
Median home value	$189,800	$133,700
Median gross rent	$922	$696
Housing units	19,244	3,029
Homeownership rate	59.7%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Lake City
Population	38,487 → 40,205 (+4.5%)	6,617 → 6,032 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$49,525 → $56,433 (+13.9%)	$38,613 → $35,000 (-9.4%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $189,800 (+19.7%)	$89,700 → $133,700 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $922 (+18.2%)	$719 → $696 (-3.2%)

Florence

Population

38,48740,205

Median household income

$49,525$56,433

Median home value

$158,600$189,800

Median gross rent

$780$922

Lake City

Population

6,6176,032

Median household income

$38,613$35,000

Median home value

$89,700$133,700

Median gross rent

$719$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	Lake City
Under 5	6.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	19.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.6%
75 and over	7.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	42.6%	23.7%
Black or African American	49.5%	68.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	Lake City
No high school diploma	10.6%	15.6%
High school graduate	26.2%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	Lake City
Drove alone	78.2%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	20.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.4%
Walked	0.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	2.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence	Lake City
1-unit, detached	67.3%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	12.7%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Lake City
Poverty rate	18.1%	24.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1982	1972