Lakewood vs Sumter

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

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

Sumter has the higher population (43,065 vs 3,154 in Lakewood). Sumter has the higher median household income ($53,071 vs $49,255 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($260,900 vs $188,400 in Sumter).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Sumter
Population	3,154	43,065
Median age	44.2 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,255	$53,071
Median home value	$260,900	$188,400
Median gross rent	$928	$1,055
Housing units	1,745	18,742
Homeownership rate	63.7%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Sumter
Population	2,749 → 3,154 (+14.7%)	39,800 → 43,065 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$41,725 → $49,255 (+18.0%)	$40,662 → $53,071 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $260,900 (+192.8%)	$138,900 → $188,400 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $928 (+21.6%)	$833 → $1,055 (+26.7%)

Lakewood

Population

2,7493,154

Median household income

$41,725$49,255

Median home value

$89,100$260,900

Median gross rent

$763$928

Sumter

Population

39,80043,065

Median household income

$40,662$53,071

Median home value

$138,900$188,400

Median gross rent

$833$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Sumter
Under 5	1.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	18.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	6.8%	9.6%
55 to 64	18.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	15.7%	9.3%
75 and over	5.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Sumter
White (non-Hispanic)	43.4%	38.6%
Black or African American	44.4%	47.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	11.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood	Sumter
No high school diploma	10.2%	11.4%
High school graduate	27.5%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Sumter
Drove alone	89.1%	84.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.8%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Sumter
1-unit, detached	69.5%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	26.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood	Sumter
Poverty rate	10.3%	15.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1986	1986