Cope vs Livingston

A side-by-side comparison of Cope and Livingston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Livingston has the higher population (173 vs 27 in Cope). Since 2019, Livingston's population has grown faster (-11.3% vs -27.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Cope	Livingston
Population	27	173
Median age	52.9 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,188
Median gross rent	—	$525
Housing units	49	67
Homeownership rate	28.6%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cope	Livingston
Population	37 → 27 (-27.0%)	195 → 173 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $41,875 (-13.0%)	$37,500 → $47,188 (+25.8%)
Median home value	—	$72,500 → $82,500 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $579 (+2.5%)	$850 → $525 (-38.2%)

Cope

Population

3727

Median household income

$48,125$41,875

Median gross rent

$565$579

Livingston

Population

195173

Median household income

$37,500$47,188

Median home value

$72,500$82,500

Median gross rent

$850$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cope	Livingston
Under 5	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	30.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.8%
45 to 54	55.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	37.0%	8.1%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.7%
75 and over	0.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cope	Livingston
White (non-Hispanic)	25.9%	77.5%
Black or African American	74.1%	20.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cope	Livingston
No high school diploma	63.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	29.6%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cope	Livingston
Drove alone	71.4%	79.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.6%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cope	Livingston
1-unit, detached	83.7%	41.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	44.8%

Poverty & households

	Cope	Livingston
Poverty rate	55.6%	8.7%
Average household size	1.29	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1938	1986