What is the population of Lakewood CDP?

Lakewood CDP has 3,154 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #142 of 475 in South Carolina.

What is the median household income in Lakewood CDP?

Median household income in Lakewood CDP is $49,255 a year, 37.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lakewood CDP?

Median gross rent is $928 a month and the median home value is $260,900, so rent absorbs about 22.6% of median household income.

Is Lakewood CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lakewood CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lakewood, SC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lakewood, South Carolina (Lakewood, SC — Census place “Lakewood CDP”) is 3,154 residents, ranking #142 of 475 places in South Carolina. Median household income is $49,255, the median home is worth $260,900 and median gross rent runs $928 a month. Looking for the Lakewood South Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lakewood, SC: 29150.

Population: 3,154Lakewood CDP residents
Median household income: $49,255Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $260,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $928Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63.7%Owner-occupied households

Lakewood ZIP codes (South Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lakewood.

The Lakewood SC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

29150

What the numbers mean in Lakewood CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lakewood CDP median would spend about 22.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.3% of residents and 63.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Lakewood CDP, SC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lakewood CDP is a small town in South Carolina, with 3,154 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #142 of 475 ranked by population — larger than 70% of them. The median age here is 44.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Lakewood CDP earn a median of $49,255 a year, 37.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 7% below the $53,071 median for the 263 South Carolina cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 10.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lakewood CDP is valued at $260,900, 14% below the national figure and 47% above the $177,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $928 a month, 34% below the national figure, or roughly $11,136 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 63.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Lakewood CDP?: Lakewood CDP has 3,154 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #142 of 475 in South Carolina.
What is the median household income in Lakewood CDP?: Median household income in Lakewood CDP is $49,255 a year, 37.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lakewood CDP?: Median gross rent is $928 a month and the median home value is $260,900, so rent absorbs about 22.6% of median household income.
Is Lakewood CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lakewood CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lakewood CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.