Aiken vs North Augusta

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

Aiken and North Augusta 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 24,928 in North Augusta). North Augusta has the higher median household income ($90,132 vs $69,837 in Aiken). Aiken has the higher median home value ($261,800 vs $220,500 in North Augusta).

Population, income & housing

	Aiken	North Augusta
Population	32,334	24,928
Median age	46.5 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,837	$90,132
Median home value	$261,800	$220,500
Median gross rent	$1,199	$1,080
Housing units	14,683	12,694
Homeownership rate	69.7%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aiken	North Augusta
Population	30,671 → 32,334 (+5.4%)	22,908 → 24,928 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$56,199 → $69,837 (+24.3%)	$59,931 → $90,132 (+50.4%)
Median home value	$188,600 → $261,800 (+38.8%)	$161,100 → $220,500 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$951 → $1,199 (+26.1%)	$810 → $1,080 (+33.3%)

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

North Augusta

Population

22,90824,928

Median household income

$59,931$90,132

Median home value

$161,100$220,500

Median gross rent

$810$1,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aiken	North Augusta
Under 5	4.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	15.4%	11.9%
75 and over	13.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aiken	North Augusta
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	74.5%
Black or African American	32.0%	14.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aiken	North Augusta
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	22.9%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aiken	North Augusta
Drove alone	79.5%	85.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	9.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aiken	North Augusta
1-unit, detached	74.1%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	7.9%
20 or more units	3.2%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Aiken	North Augusta
Poverty rate	16.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1987	1986