Aiken vs Burnettown

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

Aiken and Burnettown 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 3,090 in Burnettown). Aiken has the higher median household income ($69,837 vs $38,371 in Burnettown). Aiken has the higher median home value ($261,800 vs $189,200 in Burnettown).

Population, income & housing

	Aiken	Burnettown
Population	32,334	3,090
Median age	46.5 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,837	$38,371
Median home value	$261,800	$189,200
Median gross rent	$1,199	$1,014
Housing units	14,683	1,259
Homeownership rate	69.7%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aiken	Burnettown
Population	30,671 → 32,334 (+5.4%)	2,723 → 3,090 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$56,199 → $69,837 (+24.3%)	$44,333 → $38,371 (-13.4%)
Median home value	$188,600 → $261,800 (+38.8%)	$149,600 → $189,200 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$951 → $1,199 (+26.1%)	$956 → $1,014 (+6.1%)

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

Burnettown

Population

2,7233,090

Median household income

$44,333$38,371

Median home value

$149,600$189,200

Median gross rent

$956$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aiken	Burnettown
Under 5	4.3%	10.4%
5 to 17	13.9%	26.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	5.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	15.4%	10.8%
75 and over	13.4%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aiken	Burnettown
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	68.5%
Black or African American	32.0%	20.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aiken	Burnettown
No high school diploma	6.9%	11.8%
High school graduate	22.9%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aiken	Burnettown
Drove alone	79.5%	78.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	16.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aiken	Burnettown
1-unit, detached	74.1%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	3.6%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Aiken	Burnettown
Poverty rate	16.3%	26.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1987	1984