Graniteville vs New Ellenton

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

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

New Ellenton has the higher population (2,604 vs 2,176 in Graniteville). New Ellenton has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $29,495 in Graniteville). New Ellenton has the higher median home value ($164,900 vs $103,900 in Graniteville).

Population, income & housing

	Graniteville	New Ellenton
Population	2,176	2,604
Median age	33.3 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$29,495	$60,625
Median home value	$103,900	$164,900
Median gross rent	$960	$695
Housing units	1,087	1,125
Homeownership rate	68.1%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graniteville	New Ellenton
Population	3,320 → 2,176 (-34.5%)	1,965 → 2,604 (+32.5%)
Median household income	$37,650 → $29,495 (-21.7%)	$40,679 → $60,625 (+49.0%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $103,900 (+18.6%)	$83,400 → $164,900 (+97.7%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $960 (+25.2%)	$727 → $695 (-4.4%)

Graniteville

Population

3,3202,176

Median household income

$37,650$29,495

Median home value

$87,600$103,900

Median gross rent

$767$960

New Ellenton

Population

1,9652,604

Median household income

$40,679$60,625

Median home value

$83,400$164,900

Median gross rent

$727$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Graniteville	New Ellenton
Under 5	6.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	28.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	0.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	18.5%	16.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	18.4%
45 to 54	2.4%	6.1%
55 to 64	16.5%	10.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.1%
75 and over	9.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graniteville	New Ellenton
White (non-Hispanic)	45.6%	42.4%
Black or African American	26.7%	49.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.5%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graniteville	New Ellenton
No high school diploma	31.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	34.8%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graniteville	New Ellenton
Drove alone	90.4%	86.1%
Carpooled	2.4%	7.6%
Public transit	0.4%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.0%
Other means	6.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graniteville	New Ellenton
1-unit, detached	61.2%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Graniteville	New Ellenton
Poverty rate	33.4%	13.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1966	1974