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Marlboro County, SC

Demographic and economic profile of Marlboro County, SC, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Marlboro County is a small rural county of 26,285 residents with a low-cost cost structure — median home values of $74,500 and gross rents of $686/month rank well below national norms — and a GDP per capita of $27,042. The workforce is modest in size, with a labor force participation rate of just 46.3%, an unemployment rate of 8.4%, and only 8.7% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. The county faces fiscal headwinds, with a median household income of $34,301, a poverty rate of 26.2%, and a population that contracted 3.1% over the past five years.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

26,285

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$34,301

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

41.7 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-3.1% since 2018

Marlboro County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • Black or African American Alone12,429 (47.8%)
  • White Alone10,179 (39.2%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races1,758 (6.8%)
  • American Indian & Alaska Native Alone786 (3.0%)
  • Some Other Race Alone410 (1.6%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race306 (1.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish500
  2. 2.Korean50
  3. 3.Other Indo-European23
  4. 4.Other Asian and Pacific Island15
  5. 5.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)10

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

20.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

61.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

18.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

2.1%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

1,219

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$27,042

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$22,016

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

8.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

26.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Manufacturing (Group)2,618
  2. 2.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance1,915
  3. 3.Retail Trade (Group)907
  4. 4.Construction (Group)648
  5. 5.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services536

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations2,677
  2. 2.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations2,288
  3. 3.Sales & Office Occupations1,543
  4. 4.Service Occupations1,327
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations1,023

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Manufacturing (LQ 3.09×)2,833
  2. 2.Retail Trade (LQ 1.27×)1,274
  3. 3.Wholesale Trade (LQ 1.08×)230
  4. 4.Public Administration (LQ 1.07×)467
  5. 5.Construction (LQ 0.93×)591

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$74,500

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$686/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

63.0%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $100,000 to $124,999794 (12.9%)
  • $50,000 to $59,999538 (8.7%)
  • $40,000 to $49,999451 (7.3%)
  • $200,000 to $249,999375 (6.1%)
  • $80,000 to $89,999374 (6.1%)
  • $70,000 to $79,999344 (5.6%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

8.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

81.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

46.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$31,838

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

26.9 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

13.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone7,172 (83.6%)
  • Carpooled947 (11.0%)
  • Worked At Home277 (3.2%)
  • Walked78 (0.9%)
  • Other78 (0.9%)
  • Public Transit23 (0.3%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.