Bethune vs Lugoff

A side-by-side comparison of Bethune and Lugoff: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lugoff has the higher population (9,475 vs 421 in Bethune). Lugoff has the higher median household income ($61,316 vs $42,656 in Bethune). Lugoff has the higher median home value ($201,800 vs $96,400 in Bethune).

Population, income & housing

	Bethune	Lugoff
Population	421	9,475
Median age	38.0 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,656	$61,316
Median home value	$96,400	$201,800
Median gross rent	$1,644	$793
Housing units	244	3,858
Homeownership rate	67.7%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethune	Lugoff
Population	254 → 421 (+65.7%)	8,243 → 9,475 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $42,656 (+26.4%)	$52,100 → $61,316 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$81,500 → $96,400 (+18.3%)	$147,200 → $201,800 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,644 (+112.1%)	$691 → $793 (+14.8%)

Bethune

Population

254421

Median household income

$33,750$42,656

Median home value

$81,500$96,400

Median gross rent

$775$1,644

Lugoff

Population

8,2439,475

Median household income

$52,100$61,316

Median home value

$147,200$201,800

Median gross rent

$691$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethune	Lugoff
Under 5	7.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	11.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	7.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	9.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.5%	11.0%
75 and over	9.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethune	Lugoff
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	70.2%
Black or African American	5.9%	24.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethune	Lugoff
No high school diploma	22.7%	7.0%
High school graduate	20.1%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethune	Lugoff
Drove alone	85.2%	80.4%
Carpooled	11.9%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethune	Lugoff
1-unit, detached	94.3%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethune	Lugoff
Poverty rate	35.2%	12.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1959	1993