Lamar is home to 1,196 people in South Carolina. The poverty rate is 40.6%, above the 12.5% national rate. This skews young, with a median age of 32.7. Households here earn about 44% less than in South Carolina as a whole. The typical home is worth $127,000, having more than doubled since 2000. 0% of people here were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $38,864, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 32.7
US median: 38.9
Average education
33% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Lamar
What changed most since 1990
White share53.0% → 58.9%(+6.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate22.3% → 40.6%(+18.4 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median age36.4 → 32.7(−3.7 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)17.9%(7)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era56.4%(22)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 39 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Lamar, decade by decade
Lamar population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,125
$52,638
$100,323
12.4%
62.3
2000
1,015
$52,047
$105,109
14.0%
64.1
2010
989
$43,607
$98,974
11.1%
65.7
2020
862
$43,684
$141,566
18.5%
66.4
2024
1,196
$38,864
$127,000
32.7%
61.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
