Kershaw vs Lancaster

A side-by-side comparison of Kershaw and Lancaster: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lancaster has the higher population (8,738 vs 2,220 in Kershaw). Kershaw has the higher median household income ($58,077 vs $43,234 in Lancaster). Lancaster has the higher median home value ($226,300 vs $145,800 in Kershaw).

Population, income & housing

	Kershaw	Lancaster
Population	2,220	8,738
Median age	34.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,077	$43,234
Median home value	$145,800	$226,300
Median gross rent	$893	$824
Housing units	886	3,920
Homeownership rate	70.3%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kershaw	Lancaster
Population	1,832 → 2,220 (+21.2%)	9,143 → 8,738 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$41,518 → $58,077 (+39.9%)	$30,122 → $43,234 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $145,800 (+67.0%)	$141,600 → $226,300 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $893 (+13.0%)	$695 → $824 (+18.6%)

Kershaw

Population

1,8322,220

Median household income

$41,518$58,077

Median home value

$87,300$145,800

Median gross rent

$790$893

Lancaster

Population

9,1438,738

Median household income

$30,122$43,234

Median home value

$141,600$226,300

Median gross rent

$695$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kershaw	Lancaster
Under 5	8.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	22.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	8.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.5%
75 and over	7.3%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kershaw	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	61.6%	35.7%
Black or African American	24.7%	46.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	12.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kershaw	Lancaster
No high school diploma	12.4%	21.7%
High school graduate	40.2%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kershaw	Lancaster
Drove alone	85.6%	79.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.8%
Other means	1.8%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kershaw	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	88.1%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Kershaw	Lancaster
Poverty rate	17.0%	27.5%
Average household size	2.75	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1962	1973