Joanna vs Laurens

A side-by-side comparison of Joanna and Laurens: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laurens has the higher population (9,307 vs 1,375 in Joanna). Laurens has the higher median household income ($55,207 vs $42,169 in Joanna). Laurens has the higher median home value ($139,800 vs $107,800 in Joanna).

Population, income & housing

	Joanna	Laurens
Population	1,375	9,307
Median age	42.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,169	$55,207
Median home value	$107,800	$139,800
Median gross rent	$597	$795
Housing units	796	4,307
Homeownership rate	63.4%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joanna	Laurens
Population	1,267 → 1,375 (+8.5%)	8,867 → 9,307 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$53,438 → $42,169 (-21.1%)	$40,738 → $55,207 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $107,800 (+59.7%)	$93,700 → $139,800 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$541 → $597 (+10.4%)	$720 → $795 (+10.4%)

Joanna

Population

1,2671,375

Median household income

$53,438$42,169

Median home value

$67,500$107,800

Median gross rent

$541$597

Laurens

Population

8,8679,307

Median household income

$40,738$55,207

Median home value

$93,700$139,800

Median gross rent

$720$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joanna	Laurens
Under 5	5.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	6.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	19.5%	4.7%
25 to 34	3.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	17.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.7%
75 and over	7.1%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joanna	Laurens
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	54.5%
Black or African American	7.3%	34.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joanna	Laurens
No high school diploma	14.3%	19.7%
High school graduate	48.7%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joanna	Laurens
Drove alone	90.0%	76.1%
Carpooled	2.3%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joanna	Laurens
1-unit, detached	75.3%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	11.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Joanna	Laurens
Poverty rate	17.2%	22.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1964	1975