Aiken vs Belvedere

A side-by-side comparison of Aiken and Belvedere: population, income, housing, and more.

Aiken and Belvedere are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Aiken has the higher population (32,334 vs 5,458 in Belvedere). Aiken has the higher median household income ($69,837 vs $57,933 in Belvedere). Aiken has the higher median home value ($261,800 vs $120,400 in Belvedere).

Population, income & housing

	Aiken	Belvedere
Population	32,334	5,458
Median age	46.5 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,837	$57,933
Median home value	$261,800	$120,400
Median gross rent	$1,199	$952
Housing units	14,683	2,717
Homeownership rate	69.7%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aiken	Belvedere
Population	30,671 → 32,334 (+5.4%)	5,262 → 5,458 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$56,199 → $69,837 (+24.3%)	$45,633 → $57,933 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$188,600 → $261,800 (+38.8%)	$90,600 → $120,400 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$951 → $1,199 (+26.1%)	$931 → $952 (+2.3%)

Aiken

Population

30,67132,334

Median household income

$56,199$69,837

Median home value

$188,600$261,800

Median gross rent

$951$1,199

Belvedere

Population

5,2625,458

Median household income

$45,633$57,933

Median home value

$90,600$120,400

Median gross rent

$931$952

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aiken	Belvedere
Under 5	4.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	24.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	16.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	15.4%	6.6%
75 and over	13.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aiken	Belvedere
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	63.0%
Black or African American	32.0%	21.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aiken	Belvedere
No high school diploma	6.9%	11.3%
High school graduate	22.9%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aiken	Belvedere
Drove alone	79.5%	85.9%
Carpooled	8.0%	0.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	13.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aiken	Belvedere
1-unit, detached	74.1%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	1.1%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Aiken	Belvedere
Poverty rate	16.3%	16.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1987	1967