Lakewood vs Stateburg

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

Lakewood and Stateburg 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 1,859 in Stateburg). Stateburg has the higher median household income ($71,781 vs $49,255 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($260,900 vs $220,700 in Stateburg).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Stateburg
Population	3,154	1,859
Median age	44.2 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,255	$71,781
Median home value	$260,900	$220,700
Median gross rent	$928	$1,680
Housing units	1,745	742
Homeownership rate	63.7%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Stateburg
Population	2,749 → 3,154 (+14.7%)	1,813 → 1,859 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$41,725 → $49,255 (+18.0%)	$86,371 → $71,781 (-16.9%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $260,900 (+192.8%)	$168,200 → $220,700 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $928 (+21.6%)	$1,051 → $1,680 (+59.8%)

Lakewood

Population

2,7493,154

Median household income

$41,725$49,255

Median home value

$89,100$260,900

Median gross rent

$763$928

Stateburg

Population

1,8131,859

Median household income

$86,371$71,781

Median home value

$168,200$220,700

Median gross rent

$1,051$1,680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Stateburg
Under 5	1.1%	11.2%
5 to 17	13.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	18.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	6.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	18.8%	20.1%
65 to 74	15.7%	10.2%
75 and over	5.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Stateburg
White (non-Hispanic)	43.4%	68.6%
Black or African American	44.4%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Stateburg
No high school diploma	10.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	27.5%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Stateburg
Drove alone	89.1%	80.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Stateburg
1-unit, detached	69.5%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Stateburg
Poverty rate	10.3%	4.9%
Average household size	2.17	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1986	1990