Lockhart vs Monarch Mill

A side-by-side comparison of Lockhart and Monarch Mill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Monarch Mill has the higher population (1,828 vs 411 in Lockhart). Monarch Mill has the higher median household income ($39,212 vs $37,188 in Lockhart). Monarch Mill has the higher median home value ($79,500 vs $34,900 in Lockhart).

Population, income & housing

	Lockhart	Monarch Mill
Population	411	1,828
Median age	39.7 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,188	$39,212
Median home value	$34,900	$79,500
Median gross rent	$744	$679
Housing units	208	846
Homeownership rate	77.8%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lockhart	Monarch Mill
Population	390 → 411 (+5.4%)	1,452 → 1,828 (+25.9%)
Median household income	$31,667 → $37,188 (+17.4%)	$38,750 → $39,212 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$40,400 → $34,900 (-13.6%)	$53,400 → $79,500 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $744 (+15.5%)	$924 → $679 (-26.5%)

Lockhart

Population

390411

Median household income

$31,667$37,188

Median home value

$40,400$34,900

Median gross rent

$644$744

Monarch Mill

Population

1,4521,828

Median household income

$38,750$39,212

Median home value

$53,400$79,500

Median gross rent

$924$679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lockhart	Monarch Mill
Under 5	4.6%	9.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	18.7%	16.4%
35 to 44	4.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	9.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.3%
75 and over	16.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lockhart	Monarch Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	67.1%
Black or African American	6.6%	16.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	15.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lockhart	Monarch Mill
No high school diploma	16.0%	18.5%
High school graduate	42.9%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lockhart	Monarch Mill
Drove alone	89.4%	69.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	26.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lockhart	Monarch Mill
1-unit, detached	97.6%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Lockhart	Monarch Mill
Poverty rate	13.2%	24.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1938	1966