Furman vs Luray

A side-by-side comparison of Furman and Luray: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Furman has the higher population (747 vs 221 in Luray). Furman has the higher median household income ($57,708 vs $52,321 in Luray). Since 2019, Furman's population has grown faster (+245.8% vs +179.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Furman	Luray
Population	747	221
Median age	30.6 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,708	$52,321
Median home value	$83,000	—
Median gross rent	$670	—
Housing units	265	92
Homeownership rate	73.3%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Furman	Luray
Population	216 → 747 (+245.8%)	79 → 221 (+179.7%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $57,708 (+31.9%)	$25,417 → $52,321 (+105.9%)
Median home value	$61,300 → $83,000 (+35.4%)	$34,500 → $34,600 (+0.3%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $670 (+30.6%)	$920 → $1,083 (+17.7%)

Furman

Population

216747

Median household income

$43,750$57,708

Median home value

$61,300$83,000

Median gross rent

$513$670

Luray

Population

79221

Median household income

$25,417$52,321

Median home value

$34,500$34,600

Median gross rent

$920$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Furman	Luray
Under 5	3.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.5%	6.8%
18 to 24	14.6%	30.8%
25 to 34	22.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	17.1%	17.6%
45 to 54	7.8%	16.3%
55 to 64	7.5%	1.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	7.2%
75 and over	6.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Furman	Luray
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	14.5%
Black or African American	45.1%	41.6%
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%	8.6%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	32.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Furman	Luray
No high school diploma	20.5%	31.0%
High school graduate	54.0%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Furman	Luray
Drove alone	91.8%	62.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	24.2%
Public transit	1.2%	10.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Furman	Luray
1-unit, detached	64.2%	37.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.8%	57.6%

Poverty & households

	Furman	Luray
Poverty rate	4.7%	29.0%
Average household size	3.07	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	41	41
Median year structure built	1983	1994