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South Carolina·Sumter County
15 tracts·31K people·$199K median·952/mi²
Black 46 · White 38 · Hispanic 7 · Multiracial 5 · Asian 3 · Other 1
Married couple 41 · Living alone 33 · Other 26
Health 28 · Professional 20 · Manufacturing 16 · Retail 15 · Leisure 10 · Public admin 8 · Other 2
Management · business · science · arts 33 · Sales · office 21 · Service 20 · Production · transport 18 · Construction · maintenance 7
Drive alone 82 · Carpool 17 · Work from home 5 · Walk 2 · Bike 0 · Transit 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Sumter is $199,100 (Census ACS) — 0.4× the US median of $458,812.
Sumter has 43,053 residents across 10 census tracts and 10 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 33.6; the population is 46.1% Black, 38.4% White, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino, 4.5% Multiracial, 2.8% Asian and 1.0% Other; the average household has 2.6 people; 28.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 16.7% (Census ACS).
Alice Drive Elementary (64%), Millwood Elementary (51%) and Liberty STEAM Charter School (49%) lead the elementary schools; Alice Drive Middle (35%) and Bates Middle (17%) lead the middle schools; Sumter High School is the high school with reported scores (40%). Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,076/month, 32% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Sumter is $55,592 a year, 35% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Sumter, median rent is $1,076/month and the median home value is $199,100 (Census ACS).
Sumter reported 8.9 violent crimes and 39.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 90°F; winter lows average 36°F; there are 81 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 48 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Sumter are ice storm (79), strong wind (77) and drought (73), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.28g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Sumter, 2.4% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).