Graniteville vs Jackson

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

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

Graniteville has the higher population (2,176 vs 1,782 in Jackson). Jackson has the higher median household income ($37,067 vs $29,495 in Graniteville). Jackson has the higher median home value ($192,000 vs $103,900 in Graniteville).

Population, income & housing

	Graniteville	Jackson
Population	2,176	1,782
Median age	33.3 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	$29,495	$37,067
Median home value	$103,900	$192,000
Median gross rent	$960	$540
Housing units	1,087	1,077
Homeownership rate	68.1%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graniteville	Jackson
Population	3,320 → 2,176 (-34.5%)	1,925 → 1,782 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$37,650 → $29,495 (-21.7%)	$51,875 → $37,067 (-28.5%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $103,900 (+18.6%)	$99,000 → $192,000 (+93.9%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $960 (+25.2%)	$733 → $540 (-26.3%)

Graniteville

Population

3,3202,176

Median household income

$37,650$29,495

Median home value

$87,600$103,900

Median gross rent

$767$960

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)

	Graniteville	Jackson
Under 5	6.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	28.0%	5.9%
18 to 24	0.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	18.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	5.1%
45 to 54	2.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	16.5%	24.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	12.7%
75 and over	9.7%	20.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graniteville	Jackson
White (non-Hispanic)	45.6%	63.2%
Black or African American	26.7%	31.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	4.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	23.5%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graniteville	Jackson
No high school diploma	31.0%	18.9%
High school graduate	34.8%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graniteville	Jackson
Drove alone	90.4%	71.3%
Carpooled	2.4%	21.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.0%
Other means	6.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graniteville	Jackson
1-unit, detached	61.2%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	2.5%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	26.4%

Poverty & households

	Graniteville	Jackson
Poverty rate	33.4%	8.1%
Average household size	2.50	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1966	1969