Gifford vs Luray

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

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

Luray has the higher population (221 vs 200 in Gifford). Luray has the higher median household income ($52,321 vs $29,583 in Gifford). Since 2019, Luray's population has grown faster (+179.7% vs -24.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Gifford	Luray
Population	200	221
Median age	37.5 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$29,583	$52,321
Median home value	$91,900	—
Median gross rent	$664	—
Housing units	103	92
Homeownership rate	67.9%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gifford	Luray
Population	266 → 200 (-24.8%)	79 → 221 (+179.7%)
Median household income	$27,014 → $29,583 (+9.5%)	$25,417 → $52,321 (+105.9%)
Median home value	$46,900 → $91,900 (+95.9%)	$34,500 → $34,600 (+0.3%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $664 (-3.6%)	$920 → $1,083 (+17.7%)

Gifford

Population

266200

Median household income

$27,014$29,583

Median home value

$46,900$91,900

Median gross rent

$689$664

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)

	Gifford	Luray
Under 5	2.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	11.0%	6.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	30.8%
25 to 34	31.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	17.6%
45 to 54	4.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	1.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.2%
75 and over	15.5%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gifford	Luray
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	14.5%
Black or African American	100.0%	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	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	32.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gifford	Luray
No high school diploma	48.5%	31.0%
High school graduate	32.7%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	7.9%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gifford	Luray
Drove alone	65.4%	62.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	24.2%
Public transit	4.9%	10.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	1.6%
Other means	7.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gifford	Luray
1-unit, detached	69.9%	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	30.1%	57.6%

Poverty & households

	Gifford	Luray
Poverty rate	17.5%	29.0%
Average household size	2.47	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	—	41
Median year structure built	1984	1994