Beech Island vs Salley

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

Beech Island and Salley 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 335 in Salley). Salley has the higher median household income ($34,189 vs $31,996 in Beech Island). Salley has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $105,400 in Beech Island).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Island	Salley
Population	1,139	335
Median age	39.3 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$31,996	$34,189
Median home value	$105,400	$212,500
Median gross rent	$982	$694
Housing units	619	191
Homeownership rate	77.0%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	16.6%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Island	Salley
Population	1,165 → 1,139 (-2.2%)	287 → 335 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$33,173 → $31,996 (-3.5%)	$28,309 → $34,189 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$95,700 → $105,400 (+10.1%)	$85,000 → $212,500 (+150.0%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $982 (+43.1%)	$571 → $694 (+21.5%)

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

Salley

Population

287335

Median household income

$28,309$34,189

Median home value

$85,000$212,500

Median gross rent

$571$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Island	Salley
Under 5	3.3%	10.4%
5 to 17	21.9%	26.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	5.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.3%	3.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	7.2%
65 to 74	20.4%	9.9%
75 and over	3.8%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Island	Salley
White (non-Hispanic)	35.0%	37.0%
Black or African American	60.8%	56.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Island	Salley
No high school diploma	12.2%	22.0%
High school graduate	42.7%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Island	Salley
Drove alone	85.1%	86.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Island	Salley
1-unit, detached	74.8%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Beech Island	Salley
Poverty rate	26.6%	43.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1974	1973