Privateer vs Sumter

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

Privateer 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 2,294 in Privateer). Sumter has the higher median household income ($53,071 vs $49,861 in Privateer). Sumter has the higher median home value ($188,400 vs $96,800 in Privateer).

Population, income & housing

	Privateer	Sumter
Population	2,294	43,065
Median age	33.6 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,861	$53,071
Median home value	$96,800	$188,400
Median gross rent	$791	$1,055
Housing units	735	18,742
Homeownership rate	76.5%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Privateer	Sumter
Population	1,916 → 2,294 (+19.7%)	39,800 → 43,065 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$48,594 → $49,861 (+2.6%)	$40,662 → $53,071 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$121,500 → $96,800 (-20.3%)	$138,900 → $188,400 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $791 (+13.6%)	$833 → $1,055 (+26.7%)

Privateer

Population

1,9162,294

Median household income

$48,594$49,861

Median home value

$121,500$96,800

Median gross rent

$696$791

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)

	Privateer	Sumter
Under 5	14.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	6.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	19.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	6.5%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.3%
75 and over	5.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Privateer	Sumter
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	38.6%
Black or African American	19.1%	47.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Privateer	Sumter
No high school diploma	10.2%	11.4%
High school graduate	44.1%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Privateer	Sumter
Drove alone	87.1%	84.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	5.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Privateer	Sumter
1-unit, detached	52.9%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	47.1%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Privateer	Sumter
Poverty rate	25.9%	15.8%
Average household size	3.36	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1987	1986