About Fort Lawn

Fort Lawn is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 868 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Lawn is the 214th largest community in South Carolina.

Fort Lawn is a blue-collar town, with 42.8% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Fort Lawn is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Lawn who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.19%), sales jobs (8.86%), and food service (7.09%).

Fort Lawn is a very car-oriented town. 98.16% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Fort Lawn is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Fort Lawn has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, Fort Lawn does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Fort Lawn Information and Demographics

The population of Fort Lawn has a very low overall level of education: only 7.54% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Fort Lawn in 2000 was $14,463, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $57,852 for a family of four.

Fort Lawn is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Lawn home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fort Lawn is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fort Lawn include English, Irish, Scotch-Irish, and German.

The most common language spoken in Fort Lawn is English. Some people also speak Spanish.