Lake City vs Scranton

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

Lake City and Scranton 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 820 in Scranton). Lake City has the higher median household income ($35,000 vs $26,250 in Scranton). Lake City has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $83,000 in Scranton).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Scranton
Population	6,032	820
Median age	44.1 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,000	$26,250
Median home value	$133,700	$83,000
Median gross rent	$696	$807
Housing units	3,029	332
Homeownership rate	42.1%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Scranton
Population	6,617 → 6,032 (-8.8%)	713 → 820 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$38,613 → $35,000 (-9.4%)	$39,688 → $26,250 (-33.9%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $133,700 (+49.1%)	$71,700 → $83,000 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $696 (-3.2%)	$663 → $807 (+21.7%)

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

Scranton

Population

713820

Median household income

$39,688$26,250

Median home value

$71,700$83,000

Median gross rent

$663$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake City	Scranton
Under 5	4.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	10.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	7.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	17.7%
55 to 64	19.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.4%
75 and over	9.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Scranton
White (non-Hispanic)	23.7%	40.7%
Black or African American	68.7%	57.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Scranton
No high school diploma	15.6%	25.8%
High school graduate	40.3%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Scranton
Drove alone	75.7%	71.0%
Carpooled	20.3%	15.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Scranton
1-unit, detached	65.6%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	27.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Scranton
Poverty rate	24.5%	30.5%
Average household size	2.35	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1972	1977