Stateburg vs Sumter

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

Stateburg 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 1,859 in Stateburg). Stateburg has the higher median household income ($71,781 vs $53,071 in Sumter). Stateburg has the higher median home value ($220,700 vs $188,400 in Sumter).

Population, income & housing

	Stateburg	Sumter
Population	1,859	43,065
Median age	42.2 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,781	$53,071
Median home value	$220,700	$188,400
Median gross rent	$1,680	$1,055
Housing units	742	18,742
Homeownership rate	91.9%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stateburg	Sumter
Population	1,813 → 1,859 (+2.5%)	39,800 → 43,065 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$86,371 → $71,781 (-16.9%)	$40,662 → $53,071 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$168,200 → $220,700 (+31.2%)	$138,900 → $188,400 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,051 → $1,680 (+59.8%)	$833 → $1,055 (+26.7%)

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

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)

	Stateburg	Sumter
Under 5	11.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.6%
55 to 64	20.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.3%
75 and over	3.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stateburg	Sumter
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	38.6%
Black or African American	12.5%	47.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	9.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stateburg	Sumter
No high school diploma	3.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	18.3%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stateburg	Sumter
Drove alone	80.7%	84.3%
Carpooled	13.9%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.8%	5.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stateburg	Sumter
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Stateburg	Sumter
Poverty rate	4.9%	15.8%
Average household size	2.73	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1990	1986