South Sumter vs Stateburg

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

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

Stateburg has the higher population (1,859 vs 1,808 in South Sumter). Stateburg has the higher median household income ($71,781 vs $42,708 in South Sumter). Stateburg has the higher median home value ($220,700 vs $69,100 in South Sumter).

Population, income & housing

	South Sumter	Stateburg
Population	1,808	1,859
Median age	31.3 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,708	$71,781
Median home value	$69,100	$220,700
Median gross rent	$783	$1,680
Housing units	980	742
Homeownership rate	44.1%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Sumter	Stateburg
Population	2,482 → 1,808 (-27.2%)	1,813 → 1,859 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$31,622 → $42,708 (+35.1%)	$86,371 → $71,781 (-16.9%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $69,100 (-2.5%)	$168,200 → $220,700 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $783 (+1.4%)	$1,051 → $1,680 (+59.8%)

South Sumter

Population

2,4821,808

Median household income

$31,622$42,708

Median home value

$70,900$69,100

Median gross rent

$772$783

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)

	South Sumter	Stateburg
Under 5	7.1%	11.2%
5 to 17	21.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	8.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	20.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	10.2%
75 and over	5.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Sumter	Stateburg
White (non-Hispanic)	4.1%	68.6%
Black or African American	79.1%	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	0.0%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Sumter	Stateburg
No high school diploma	20.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	33.2%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Sumter	Stateburg
Drove alone	63.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	17.7%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	2.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Sumter	Stateburg
1-unit, detached	54.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	South Sumter	Stateburg
Poverty rate	28.6%	4.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1982	1990