Beech Island vs Wagener

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

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

Wagener has the higher population (1,170 vs 1,139 in Beech Island). Wagener has the higher median household income ($45,753 vs $31,996 in Beech Island). Since 2019, Wagener's population has grown faster (+36.4% vs -2.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Island	Wagener
Population	1,139	1,170
Median age	39.3 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,996	$45,753
Median home value	$105,400	—
Median gross rent	$982	$367
Housing units	619	583
Homeownership rate	77.0%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	16.6%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Island	Wagener
Population	1,165 → 1,139 (-2.2%)	858 → 1,170 (+36.4%)
Median household income	$33,173 → $31,996 (-3.5%)	$39,219 → $45,753 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$95,700 → $105,400 (+10.1%)	$84,500 → $99,300 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $982 (+43.1%)	$563 → $367 (-34.8%)

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

Wagener

Population

8581,170

Median household income

$39,219$45,753

Median home value

$84,500$99,300

Median gross rent

$563$367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Island	Wagener
Under 5	3.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.9%	9.8%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	5.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	8.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	20.4%	19.1%
75 and over	3.8%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Island	Wagener
White (non-Hispanic)	35.0%	28.6%
Black or African American	60.8%	64.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Island	Wagener
No high school diploma	12.2%	17.1%
High school graduate	42.7%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Island	Wagener
Drove alone	85.1%	58.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	23.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Island	Wagener
1-unit, detached	74.8%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Beech Island	Wagener
Poverty rate	26.6%	22.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1974	1969