South Sumter vs Wedgefield

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

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

South Sumter has the higher population (1,808 vs 1,480 in Wedgefield). South Sumter has the higher median household income ($42,708 vs $41,662 in Wedgefield). South Sumter has the higher median home value ($69,100 vs $50,500 in Wedgefield).

Population, income & housing

	South Sumter	Wedgefield
Population	1,808	1,480
Median age	31.3 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,708	$41,662
Median home value	$69,100	$50,500
Median gross rent	$783	—
Housing units	980	742
Homeownership rate	44.1%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Sumter	Wedgefield
Population	2,482 → 1,808 (-27.2%)	1,994 → 1,480 (-25.8%)
Median household income	$31,622 → $42,708 (+35.1%)	$45,878 → $41,662 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $69,100 (-2.5%)	$84,100 → $50,500 (-40.0%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $783 (+1.4%)	$792 → $1,066 (+34.6%)

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

Wedgefield

Population

1,9941,480

Median household income

$45,878$41,662

Median home value

$84,100$50,500

Median gross rent

$792$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	South Sumter	Wedgefield
Under 5	7.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	21.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	11.2%	17.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	8.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.2%
75 and over	5.1%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Sumter	Wedgefield
White (non-Hispanic)	4.1%	66.8%
Black or African American	79.1%	28.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Sumter	Wedgefield
No high school diploma	20.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	33.2%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Sumter	Wedgefield
Drove alone	63.0%	94.5%
Carpooled	17.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Sumter	Wedgefield
1-unit, detached	54.3%	26.0%
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%	74.0%

Poverty & households

	South Sumter	Wedgefield
Poverty rate	28.6%	18.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	34
Median year structure built	1982	1991