Hemingway vs Lane

A side-by-side comparison of Hemingway and Lane: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lane has the higher population (531 vs 413 in Hemingway). Hemingway has the higher median household income ($44,375 vs $35,726 in Lane). Hemingway has the higher median home value ($161,700 vs $113,900 in Lane).

Population, income & housing

	Hemingway	Lane
Population	413	531
Median age	50.6 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,375	$35,726
Median home value	$161,700	$113,900
Median gross rent	$665	$1,063
Housing units	249	255
Homeownership rate	75.1%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hemingway	Lane
Population	529 → 413 (-21.9%)	467 → 531 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$38,813 → $44,375 (+14.3%)	$60,433 → $35,726 (-40.9%)
Median home value	$121,300 → $161,700 (+33.3%)	$45,800 → $113,900 (+148.7%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $665 (-7.3%)	$723 → $1,063 (+47.0%)

Hemingway

Population

529413

Median household income

$38,813$44,375

Median home value

$121,300$161,700

Median gross rent

$717$665

Lane

Population

467531

Median household income

$60,433$35,726

Median home value

$45,800$113,900

Median gross rent

$723$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hemingway	Lane
Under 5	3.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.2%	20.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	3.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	3.6%
35 to 44	8.2%	6.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.6%
65 to 74	18.6%	24.9%
75 and over	14.3%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hemingway	Lane
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	14.7%
Black or African American	28.1%	84.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hemingway	Lane
No high school diploma	11.6%	18.4%
High school graduate	32.8%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hemingway	Lane
Drove alone	89.8%	64.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	27.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hemingway	Lane
1-unit, detached	88.4%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	27.5%

Poverty & households

	Hemingway	Lane
Poverty rate	11.2%	14.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	40	38
Median year structure built	1965	1974