Allendale vs Ulmer

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

Allendale and Ulmer 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 118 in Ulmer). Ulmer has the higher median household income ($95,250 vs $25,250 in Allendale). Since 2019, Ulmer's population has grown faster (+218.9% vs -13.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Allendale	Ulmer
Population	2,595	118
Median age	36.9 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$25,250	$95,250
Median home value	$65,300	—
Median gross rent	$685	—
Housing units	1,557	59
Homeownership rate	59.0%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allendale	Ulmer
Population	3,009 → 2,595 (-13.8%)	37 → 118 (+218.9%)
Median household income	$19,463 → $25,250 (+29.7%)	$43,500 → $95,250 (+119.0%)
Median home value	$38,600 → $65,300 (+69.2%)	$62,500 → $84,000 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $685 (+12.5%)	—

Allendale

Population

3,0092,595

Median household income

$19,463$25,250

Median home value

$38,600$65,300

Median gross rent

$609$685

Ulmer

Population

37118

Median household income

$43,500$95,250

Median home value

$62,500$84,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allendale	Ulmer
Under 5	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	32.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	2.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	6.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	4.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	18.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	26.3%
65 to 74	11.9%	5.9%
75 and over	7.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allendale	Ulmer
White (non-Hispanic)	13.7%	81.4%
Black or African American	62.2%	18.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allendale	Ulmer
No high school diploma	16.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.5%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	36.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allendale	Ulmer
Drove alone	83.9%	91.4%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.0%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allendale	Ulmer
1-unit, detached	67.6%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Allendale	Ulmer
Poverty rate	42.8%	4.2%
Average household size	2.16	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1975	1967