Lakewood vs Privateer

A side-by-side comparison of Lakewood and Privateer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakewood has the higher population (3,154 vs 2,294 in Privateer). Privateer has the higher median household income ($49,861 vs $49,255 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($260,900 vs $96,800 in Privateer).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Privateer
Population	3,154	2,294
Median age	44.2 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,255	$49,861
Median home value	$260,900	$96,800
Median gross rent	$928	$791
Housing units	1,745	735
Homeownership rate	63.7%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Privateer
Population	2,749 → 3,154 (+14.7%)	1,916 → 2,294 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$41,725 → $49,255 (+18.0%)	$48,594 → $49,861 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $260,900 (+192.8%)	$121,500 → $96,800 (-20.3%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $928 (+21.6%)	$696 → $791 (+13.6%)

Lakewood

Population

2,7493,154

Median household income

$41,725$49,255

Median home value

$89,100$260,900

Median gross rent

$763$928

Privateer

Population

1,9162,294

Median household income

$48,594$49,861

Median home value

$121,500$96,800

Median gross rent

$696$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Privateer
Under 5	1.1%	14.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	18.1%	6.6%
45 to 54	6.8%	19.0%
55 to 64	18.8%	6.5%
65 to 74	15.7%	9.9%
75 and over	5.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Privateer
White (non-Hispanic)	43.4%	77.3%
Black or African American	44.4%	19.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Privateer
No high school diploma	10.2%	10.2%
High school graduate	27.5%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Privateer
Drove alone	89.1%	87.1%
Carpooled	3.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Privateer
1-unit, detached	69.5%	52.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.4%	47.1%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Privateer
Poverty rate	10.3%	25.9%
Average household size	2.17	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1986	1987