Lake City vs Pamplico

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

Lake City and Pamplico 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 952 in Pamplico). Lake City has the higher median household income ($35,000 vs $24,646 in Pamplico). Pamplico has the higher median home value ($151,800 vs $133,700 in Lake City).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Pamplico
Population	6,032	952
Median age	44.1 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,000	$24,646
Median home value	$133,700	$151,800
Median gross rent	$696	$591
Housing units	3,029	485
Homeownership rate	42.1%	46.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Pamplico
Population	6,617 → 6,032 (-8.8%)	1,223 → 952 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$38,613 → $35,000 (-9.4%)	$39,444 → $24,646 (-37.5%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $133,700 (+49.1%)	$128,800 → $151,800 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $696 (-3.2%)	$648 → $591 (-8.8%)

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

Pamplico

Population

1,223952

Median household income

$39,444$24,646

Median home value

$128,800$151,800

Median gross rent

$648$591

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake City	Pamplico
Under 5	4.8%	9.7%
5 to 17	12.0%	22.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	18.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	6.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	7.5%
55 to 64	19.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.7%
75 and over	9.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Pamplico
White (non-Hispanic)	23.7%	50.2%
Black or African American	68.7%	46.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Pamplico
No high school diploma	15.6%	13.2%
High school graduate	40.3%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Pamplico
Drove alone	75.7%	75.1%
Carpooled	20.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	17.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Pamplico
1-unit, detached	65.6%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Pamplico
Poverty rate	24.5%	40.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1972	1976