Johnsonville vs Lake City

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

Johnsonville 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.

Lake City has the higher population (6,032 vs 1,037 in Johnsonville). Johnsonville has the higher median household income ($47,891 vs $35,000 in Lake City). Lake City has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $118,500 in Johnsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Johnsonville	Lake City
Population	1,037	6,032
Median age	34.9 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,891	$35,000
Median home value	$118,500	$133,700
Median gross rent	$838	$696
Housing units	521	3,029
Homeownership rate	67.7%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Johnsonville	Lake City
Population	1,395 → 1,037 (-25.7%)	6,617 → 6,032 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$47,614 → $47,891 (+0.6%)	$38,613 → $35,000 (-9.4%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $118,500 (+18.7%)	$89,700 → $133,700 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $838 (+13.6%)	$719 → $696 (-3.2%)

Johnsonville

Population

1,3951,037

Median household income

$47,614$47,891

Median home value

$99,800$118,500

Median gross rent

$738$838

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)

	Johnsonville	Lake City
Under 5	8.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.9%	12.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	5.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	19.1%
65 to 74	15.7%	9.6%
75 and over	8.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Johnsonville	Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	23.7%
Black or African American	25.4%	68.7%
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	4.5%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Johnsonville	Lake City
No high school diploma	7.7%	15.6%
High school graduate	32.0%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Johnsonville	Lake City
Drove alone	94.6%	75.7%
Carpooled	0.8%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	4.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Johnsonville	Lake City
1-unit, detached	81.2%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	12.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Johnsonville	Lake City
Poverty rate	26.9%	24.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1975	1972