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Lakewood CDP, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Lakewood CDP is a Census CDP of 3,544 people across 7.53 square miles of land, in Sumter County. Median household income is $56,500, 70.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Lakewood
What Lakewood is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area7.53 sq mi
- Water area0.17 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land470
- County holding the largest share of its areaSumter County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lakewood
How many people live in Lakewood
- Population3,544
- Median age43.0
- Population under 18647 plus or minus 245
- Share under 1818.3 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Population 65 and over772 plus or minus 281
- Share 65 and over21.8 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Households1,514 plus or minus 321
- Family households1,041 plus or minus 241
- Share of households that are families68.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lakewood
Income and work in Lakewood
- Median household income$56,500 plus or minus $26,917
- Per capita income$34,018 plus or minus $9,029
- Civilian labor force1,860 plus or minus 552
- Employed1,714 plus or minus 549
- Unemployed146 plus or minus 139
- Unemployment rate7.8 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Adults 25 and over2,669 plus or minus 567
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.0 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.2 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lakewood
Housing in Lakewood
- Housing units1,709
- Occupied units1,514 plus or minus 321
- Vacant units195 plus or minus 136
- Vacancy rate11.4 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Owner occupied1,072 plus or minus 286
- Renter occupied442 plus or minus 200
- Ownership rate70.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$294,200 plus or minus $127,285
- Median gross rent, monthly$939
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.9 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Single family units1,375 plus or minus 360
- Share single family80.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes334 plus or minus 173
- Median year structure built1986
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lakewood
How Lakewood gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,657 plus or minus 554
- Commuting under 15 minutes279 plus or minus 190
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.8 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more495 plus or minus 286
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.9 percent plus or minus 14.1
- Drove alone92.8 percent
- Carpooled3.9 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home3.3 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sumter County, not Lakewood
Sumter County context, not Lakewood figures
These are Sumter County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lakewood measurements.
- Establishments in Sumter County1,833
- Employment at those establishments, Sumter County29,449
- Covered employment, Sumter County35,179
- Average annual pay, Sumter County$53,273
- Average weekly wage, Sumter County$1,024
- Housing units permitted, Sumter County386
- Of those, single family, Sumter County344
- County product, 2024, Sumter County$6,287,811,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sumter County7.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sumter County$51,245
Every figure in this section is published for Sumter County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lakewood. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lakewood questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lakewood, South Carolina?
3,544, in 1,514 households. Lakewood CDP covers 7.53 square miles of land, which is 470 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lakewood in?
Sumter County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lakewood?
$56,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $294,200. Median gross rent is $939 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Lakewood figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sumter County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lakewood.
Is zoning published for Lakewood?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.