Lexington, South Carolina Economy Profile

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Lexington, South Carolina Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Lexington, South Carolina, 20.9% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Seven point four nine percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Lexington, South Carolina. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Lexington, South Carolina is as follows: 9.2%.

In Lexington, South Carolina government workers account for nineteen point two seven percent of workers. Seventy-six point two four percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Lexington, South Carolina is equal to fifty-three thousand, eight hundred and sixty-five dollars while median family income is $65,694. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Lexington, South Carolina are $44,883. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-nine thousand, twenty dollars.

zero of families in Lexington, South Carolina are below poverty line (total population in Lexington, South Carolina is 9,793). There are 93 families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Lexington, South Carolina resident is 33.3 years old.

	Lexington, South Carolina	%, Lexington, South Carolina	United States
Population 16 years and over	7,110		217,168,077
In labor force	5,152	72.46%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	5,124	72.07%	63.39%
- - Employed	4,915	69.13%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	209	2.94%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.1		5.8
- Armed Forces	28	0.39%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,958	27.54%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	3,505	49.3%	51.66%
In labor force	2,399	33.74%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	2,399	33.74%	29.65%
- - Employed	2,322	32.66%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	792	11.14%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	507		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	4,890		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	4,170	85.28%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	372	7.61%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	34	0.7%	4.73%
Walked	189	3.87%	2.93%
Other means	22	0.45%	1.19%
Worked at home	103	2.11%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	23.0	0.47%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	4,915		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	2,188	44.52%	33.65%
Service occupations	532	10.82%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	1,514	30.8%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	0		0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	304	6.19%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	377	7.67%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	21	0.43%	1.87%
Construction	258	5.25%	6.78%
Manufacturing	417	8.48%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	273	5.55%	3.6%
Retail trade	531	10.8%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	257	5.23%	5.2%
Information	177	3.6%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	497	10.11%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	452	9.2%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	1,027	20.9%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	368	7.49%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	296	6.02%	4.87%
Public administration	341	6.94%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	3,747	76.24%	78.47%
Government workers	947	19.27%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	214	4.35%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	7	0.14%	0.31%

	Lexington, South Carolina	%, Lexington, South Carolina	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	3,483		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	232	6.66%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	117	3.36%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	436	12.52%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	295	8.47%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	503	14.44%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	929	26.67%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	524	15.04%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	320	9.19%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	75	2.15%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	52	1.49%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	53,865		41,994
With earnings	3,131	44.04%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	58,627		56,604
With Social Security income	519	7.3%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,946		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	78	1.1%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	4,858		6,320
With public assistance income	26	0.37%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,250		3,032
With retirement income	481	6.77%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	28,640		17,376
Families	2,404		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	78	3.24%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	57	2.37%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	176	7.32%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	121	5.03%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	353	14.68%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	742	30.87%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	481	20.01%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	309	12.85%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	50	2.08%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	37	1.54%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	65,694		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	23,416		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	44,883		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	29,020		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	125		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	111	88.8%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	49	39.2%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	93		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	93	100.0%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	44	47.31%	42.27%
Individuals	641		33,899,812
18 years and over	464	72.39%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	83	12.95%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	177	27.61%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	127	19.81%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	301	46.96%	31.63%

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