Kingstree vs Lane

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

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

Kingstree has the higher population (3,161 vs 531 in Lane). Lane has the higher median household income ($35,726 vs $28,776 in Kingstree). Kingstree has the higher median home value ($127,300 vs $113,900 in Lane).

Population, income & housing

	Kingstree	Lane
Population	3,161	531
Median age	41.5 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$28,776	$35,726
Median home value	$127,300	$113,900
Median gross rent	$526	$1,063
Housing units	1,690	255
Homeownership rate	48.0%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingstree	Lane
Population	3,096 → 3,161 (+2.1%)	467 → 531 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$27,697 → $28,776 (+3.9%)	$60,433 → $35,726 (-40.9%)
Median home value	$75,400 → $127,300 (+68.8%)	$45,800 → $113,900 (+148.7%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $526 (-13.3%)	$723 → $1,063 (+47.0%)

Kingstree

Population

3,0963,161

Median household income

$27,697$28,776

Median home value

$75,400$127,300

Median gross rent

$607$526

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)

	Kingstree	Lane
Under 5	5.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	20.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	3.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	3.6%
35 to 44	14.3%	6.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	24.9%
75 and over	11.9%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingstree	Lane
White (non-Hispanic)	25.2%	14.7%
Black or African American	69.9%	84.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingstree	Lane
No high school diploma	17.0%	18.4%
High school graduate	36.5%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingstree	Lane
Drove alone	64.5%	64.8%
Carpooled	12.7%	7.7%
Public transit	6.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	27.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingstree	Lane
1-unit, detached	53.0%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	34.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	27.5%

Poverty & households

	Kingstree	Lane
Poverty rate	34.5%	14.9%
Average household size	2.08	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	1975	1974