Privateer vs Stateburg

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

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

Privateer has the higher population (2,294 vs 1,859 in Stateburg). Stateburg has the higher median household income ($71,781 vs $49,861 in Privateer). Stateburg has the higher median home value ($220,700 vs $96,800 in Privateer).

Population, income & housing

	Privateer	Stateburg
Population	2,294	1,859
Median age	33.6 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,861	$71,781
Median home value	$96,800	$220,700
Median gross rent	$791	$1,680
Housing units	735	742
Homeownership rate	76.5%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Privateer	Stateburg
Population	1,916 → 2,294 (+19.7%)	1,813 → 1,859 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$48,594 → $49,861 (+2.6%)	$86,371 → $71,781 (-16.9%)
Median home value	$121,500 → $96,800 (-20.3%)	$168,200 → $220,700 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $791 (+13.6%)	$1,051 → $1,680 (+59.8%)

Privateer

Population

1,9162,294

Median household income

$48,594$49,861

Median home value

$121,500$96,800

Median gross rent

$696$791

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)

	Privateer	Stateburg
Under 5	14.4%	11.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	6.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	19.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	6.5%	20.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.2%
75 and over	5.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Privateer	Stateburg
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	68.6%
Black or African American	19.1%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Privateer	Stateburg
No high school diploma	10.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	44.1%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Privateer	Stateburg
Drove alone	87.1%	80.7%
Carpooled	7.2%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	5.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Privateer	Stateburg
1-unit, detached	52.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Privateer	Stateburg
Poverty rate	25.9%	4.9%
Average household size	3.36	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1987	1990