Luray vs Yemassee

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

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

Yemassee has the higher population (1,007 vs 221 in Luray). Luray has the higher median household income ($52,321 vs $36,923 in Yemassee). Since 2019, Luray's population has grown faster (+179.7% vs +2.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Luray	Yemassee
Population	221	1,007
Median age	31.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,321	$36,923
Median home value	—	$169,800
Median gross rent	—	$736
Housing units	92	568
Homeownership rate	85.9%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luray	Yemassee
Population	79 → 221 (+179.7%)	979 → 1,007 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$25,417 → $52,321 (+105.9%)	$38,370 → $36,923 (-3.8%)
Median home value	$34,500 → $34,600 (+0.3%)	$98,100 → $169,800 (+73.1%)
Median gross rent	$920 → $1,083 (+17.7%)	$474 → $736 (+55.3%)

Luray

Population

79221

Median household income

$25,417$52,321

Median home value

$34,500$34,600

Median gross rent

$920$1,083

Yemassee

Population

9791,007

Median household income

$38,370$36,923

Median home value

$98,100$169,800

Median gross rent

$474$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Luray	Yemassee
Under 5	4.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	6.8%	12.4%
18 to 24	30.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	15.8%
35 to 44	17.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	7.2%
55 to 64	1.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.2%	12.4%
75 and over	3.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luray	Yemassee
White (non-Hispanic)	14.5%	32.3%
Black or African American	41.6%	61.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	32.1%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luray	Yemassee
No high school diploma	31.0%	15.2%
High school graduate	41.9%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luray	Yemassee
Drove alone	62.1%	72.5%
Carpooled	24.2%	13.4%
Public transit	10.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luray	Yemassee
1-unit, detached	37.0%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	57.6%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Luray	Yemassee
Poverty rate	29.0%	31.4%
Average household size	3.11	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	41	31
Median year structure built	1994	1990