Orangeburg County vs Sumter County

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

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

Sumter County has the higher population (104,853 vs 83,531 in Orangeburg County). Sumter County has the higher median household income ($55,990 vs $43,214 in Orangeburg County). Sumter County has the higher median home value ($159,500 vs $109,700 in Orangeburg County).

Population, income & housing

	Orangeburg County	Sumter County
Population	83,531	104,853
Median age	40.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,214	$55,990
Median home value	$109,700	$159,500
Median gross rent	$804	$1,006
Housing units	41,420	47,288
Homeownership rate	65.9%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orangeburg County	Sumter County
Population	87,687 → 83,531 (-4.7%)	106,757 → 104,853 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$37,955 → $43,214 (+13.9%)	$45,661 → $55,990 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$92,700 → $109,700 (+18.3%)	$115,700 → $159,500 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $804 (+17.0%)	$800 → $1,006 (+25.8%)

Orangeburg County

Population

87,68783,531

Median household income

$37,955$43,214

Median home value

$92,700$109,700

Median gross rent

$687$804

Sumter County

Population

106,757104,853

Median household income

$45,661$55,990

Median home value

$115,700$159,500

Median gross rent

$800$1,006

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orangeburg County	Sumter County
Under 5	5.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.3%
75 and over	8.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orangeburg County	Sumter County
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	44.0%
Black or African American	61.5%	46.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orangeburg County	Sumter County
No high school diploma	16.7%	10.9%
High school graduate	33.4%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orangeburg County	Sumter County
Drove alone	82.0%	85.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.5%
Other means	1.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orangeburg County	Sumter County
1-unit, detached	56.5%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	31.3%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Orangeburg County	Sumter County
Poverty rate	23.9%	16.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1982	1987