City safety & data profile

SumterSC

Sumter, SC is a 41K-resident city in Sumter County with a median household income of $55,592.

Sumter County, South Carolina. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Sumter, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Sumter has a population larger than 74% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $199,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

41K
Population (place)
Top 26%
By size
$55,592
Median income (place)
$199,100
Median home (place)
16.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Sumter

Sumter posts a median household income higher than 16% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Sumter area.

Bottom 17%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Sumter

Where Sumter income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$55,592 Bottom 16% higher than 16% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Sumter $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in SC

Population among 50 SC places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbia is the largest SC city on this list; Five Forks leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in SC

Median household income among the same 50-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Five Forks posts the highest place-level median income in SC; Columbia is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Sumter, SC beyond the headline numbers

Sumter sits inside Sumter County, South Carolina, at roughly 33.92°N, -80.34°W. Population 40,816, $55,592 median household income. Median home value $199,100, median rent $1,076. Poverty rate 16.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Sumter, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

16.7% of Sumter, SC residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Sumter costs roughly 3.6 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 6.1% of Sumter workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 4.6% in Sumter, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Sumter workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sumter's median age is 33.6 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Sumter from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
40,816
Sumter · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$55,592
-38% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$199,100
-52% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Sumter County): Sumter's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
105K-3%
Median Income
$56,693+37%
Median Home Value
$165,300+54%
Poverty Rate
16.6%-7%
Unemployment
6.3%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Sumter, SC
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,076/mo
Poverty Rate
16.7% +35% vs avg
Unemployment 5.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 28.7%
Work From Home 6.1%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 40.3%
African American 46.4%
Asian 2.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
43.2%
Obesity
42.3%
High Blood Pressure
40.2%
Physical Inactivity
27.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.8%
Diabetes
15.5%
Current Smoking
14.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.6%
Binge Drinking
14%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 56.2%
Annual Checkup 81.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.7%
Stroke
4.6%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
PRISMA HEALTH TUOMEY HOSPITAL
SUMTER · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
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What alerts and safety updates affect Sumter?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Sumter right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet SC-SUMTER · Sumter

Sumter: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Sumter

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Sumter.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Sumter; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse South Carolina state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Sumter, SC? ▼
Sumter, SC has a population of 40,816 people, located in Sumter County, South Carolina.
What is the median household income in Sumter? ▼
The median household income in Sumter, SC is $55,592 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16.7%.
What is the median home value in Sumter? ▼
The median home value in Sumter, SC is $199,100. Median rent is $1,076/month.
What are the top health concerns in Sumter? ▼
The top health indicators in Sumter include Short Sleep Duration (43.2%), Obesity (42.3%), High Blood Pressure (40.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Sumter? ▼
Sumter has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Sumter? ▼
The median age in Sumter, SC is 33.6 years. 28.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Sumter, both outside South Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside SC (16.7% here).

Dallas, TX 16.7% Elyria, OH 16.7% Stonecrest, GA 16.7% Cleveland, TN 16.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside SC ($55,592 here).

Hialeah, FL $55,594 Shelbyville, IN $55,602 Laramie, WY $55,613 Marquette, MI $55,613

Compare Sumter with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Dentsville, SC 14K Florence, SC 38K Forest Acres, SC 11K Orangeburg, SC 13K Columbia, SC 142K Cayce, SC 14K West Columbia, SC 16K Saint Andrews, SC 21K
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Using Sumter's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Sumter area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Sumter against South Carolina peers on any ranking lens. Explore South Carolina

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Sumter County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.