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Buford, SC

283 Population
2.3 square miles 124.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±20.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,377 ±$21,763 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $44,995 ±$383
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$77,639 ±$56,356 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $80,201 ±$772
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

6.4% ±6.2% (18  ±20) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 10.5% 279,994 (±0.3% / ±8,042)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

N/A

Families

117 ±52 Number of households
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,049,805 ±3,163
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.4 ±0.8 (283  ±154) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 2.6 2,675,822 (±0 / ±743)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

45.7% ±53.8% (16  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 5.2% 35,163 (±0.3% / ±1,778)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

163 ±76 Number of housing units
  • the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 1,139,944 ±364
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$188,800 ±$46,021 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: $319,400 ±$2,166
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

2.6% ±9.8% (7  ±27.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 13.2% 353,114 (±0.3% / ±7,852.8)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

84.7% ±55.9% (193  ±88) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 90.4% 1,671,195 (±0.6% / ±10,450.4)
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
18.9% ±23% (43  ±56.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 39% 720,668 (±0.4% / ±6,562.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

1.8% ±3.4% (4  ±8) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area: 6.4% 131,808 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
4 Total veterans ±8 4 Male ±8 N/A Female ±14

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