Lake City vs Quinby

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

Lake City and Quinby 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 865 in Quinby). Quinby has the higher median household income ($65,208 vs $35,000 in Lake City). Quinby has the higher median home value ($153,800 vs $133,700 in Lake City).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Quinby
Population	6,032	865
Median age	44.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$35,000	$65,208
Median home value	$133,700	$153,800
Median gross rent	$696	$943
Housing units	3,029	410
Homeownership rate	42.1%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Quinby
Population	6,617 → 6,032 (-8.8%)	1,149 → 865 (-24.7%)
Median household income	$38,613 → $35,000 (-9.4%)	$59,167 → $65,208 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $133,700 (+49.1%)	$130,800 → $153,800 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $696 (-3.2%)	$721 → $943 (+30.8%)

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

Quinby

Population

1,149865

Median household income

$59,167$65,208

Median home value

$130,800$153,800

Median gross rent

$721$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake City	Quinby
Under 5	4.8%	2.1%
5 to 17	12.0%	20.1%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	5.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	17.6%
55 to 64	19.1%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.4%
75 and over	9.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Quinby
White (non-Hispanic)	23.7%	29.2%
Black or African American	68.7%	65.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Quinby
No high school diploma	15.6%	11.0%
High school graduate	40.3%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Quinby
Drove alone	75.7%	77.5%
Carpooled	20.3%	6.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Quinby
1-unit, detached	65.6%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Quinby
Poverty rate	24.5%	14.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1972	1970