Allendale vs Fairfax

A side-by-side comparison of Allendale and Fairfax: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Allendale has the higher population (2,595 vs 2,037 in Fairfax). Fairfax has the higher median household income ($41,328 vs $25,250 in Allendale). Allendale has the higher median home value ($65,300 vs $54,400 in Fairfax).

Population, income & housing

	Allendale	Fairfax
Population	2,595	2,037
Median age	36.9 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$25,250	$41,328
Median home value	$65,300	$54,400
Median gross rent	$685	$702
Housing units	1,557	960
Homeownership rate	59.0%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allendale	Fairfax
Population	3,009 → 2,595 (-13.8%)	2,175 → 2,037 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$19,463 → $25,250 (+29.7%)	$31,838 → $41,328 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$38,600 → $65,300 (+69.2%)	$54,000 → $54,400 (+0.7%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $685 (+12.5%)	$621 → $702 (+13.0%)

Allendale

Population

3,0092,595

Median household income

$19,463$25,250

Median home value

$38,600$65,300

Median gross rent

$609$685

Fairfax

Population

2,1752,037

Median household income

$31,838$41,328

Median home value

$54,000$54,400

Median gross rent

$621$702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allendale	Fairfax
Under 5	9.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	19.7%	11.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	15.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	7.5%
55 to 64	10.9%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	19.7%
75 and over	7.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allendale	Fairfax
White (non-Hispanic)	13.7%	18.4%
Black or African American	62.2%	71.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	23.4%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allendale	Fairfax
No high school diploma	16.3%	18.9%
High school graduate	36.5%	53.5%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allendale	Fairfax
Drove alone	83.9%	84.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	1.0%
Other means	4.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allendale	Fairfax
1-unit, detached	67.6%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	4.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Allendale	Fairfax
Poverty rate	42.8%	23.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	31	46
Median year structure built	1975	1982