Beech Island vs Perry

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

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

Beech Island has the higher population (1,139 vs 333 in Perry). Perry has the higher median household income ($35,179 vs $31,996 in Beech Island). Beech Island has the higher median home value ($105,400 vs $90,500 in Perry).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Island	Perry
Population	1,139	333
Median age	39.3 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$31,996	$35,179
Median home value	$105,400	$90,500
Median gross rent	$982	$829
Housing units	619	114
Homeownership rate	77.0%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	16.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Island	Perry
Population	1,165 → 1,139 (-2.2%)	212 → 333 (+57.1%)
Median household income	$33,173 → $31,996 (-3.5%)	$23,594 → $35,179 (+49.1%)
Median home value	$95,700 → $105,400 (+10.1%)	$100,000 → $90,500 (-9.5%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $982 (+43.1%)	$596 → $829 (+39.1%)

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

Perry

Population

212333

Median household income

$23,594$35,179

Median home value

$100,000$90,500

Median gross rent

$596$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Island	Perry
Under 5	3.3%	11.7%
5 to 17	21.9%	22.2%
18 to 24	11.4%	11.1%
25 to 34	5.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	5.4%
65 to 74	20.4%	8.7%
75 and over	3.8%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Island	Perry
White (non-Hispanic)	35.0%	48.3%
Black or African American	60.8%	48.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Island	Perry
No high school diploma	12.2%	24.6%
High school graduate	42.7%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Island	Perry
Drove alone	85.1%	85.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Island	Perry
1-unit, detached	74.8%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	36.8%

Poverty & households

	Beech Island	Perry
Poverty rate	26.6%	29.5%
Average household size	2.24	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	26	48
Median year structure built	1974	1987