Beech Island vs Jackson

A side-by-side comparison of Beech Island and Jackson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jackson has the higher population (1,782 vs 1,139 in Beech Island). Jackson has the higher median household income ($37,067 vs $31,996 in Beech Island). Jackson has the higher median home value ($192,000 vs $105,400 in Beech Island).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Island	Jackson
Population	1,139	1,782
Median age	39.3 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	$31,996	$37,067
Median home value	$105,400	$192,000
Median gross rent	$982	$540
Housing units	619	1,077
Homeownership rate	77.0%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	16.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Island	Jackson
Population	1,165 → 1,139 (-2.2%)	1,925 → 1,782 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$33,173 → $31,996 (-3.5%)	$51,875 → $37,067 (-28.5%)
Median home value	$95,700 → $105,400 (+10.1%)	$99,000 → $192,000 (+93.9%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $982 (+43.1%)	$733 → $540 (-26.3%)

Beech Island

Population

1,1651,139

Median household income

$33,173$31,996

Median home value

$95,700$105,400

Median gross rent

$686$982

Jackson

Population

1,9251,782

Median household income

$51,875$37,067

Median home value

$99,000$192,000

Median gross rent

$733$540

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Island	Jackson
Under 5	3.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	21.9%	5.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	5.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	5.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	24.2%
65 to 74	20.4%	12.7%
75 and over	3.8%	20.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Island	Jackson
White (non-Hispanic)	35.0%	63.2%
Black or African American	60.8%	31.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Island	Jackson
No high school diploma	12.2%	18.9%
High school graduate	42.7%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Island	Jackson
Drove alone	85.1%	71.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Island	Jackson
1-unit, detached	74.8%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	26.4%

Poverty & households

	Beech Island	Jackson
Poverty rate	26.6%	8.1%
Average household size	2.24	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1974	1969