Fairfax vs Sycamore

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

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

Fairfax has the higher population (2,037 vs 128 in Sycamore). Sycamore has the higher median home value ($98,300 vs $54,400 in Fairfax). Since 2019, Fairfax's population has grown faster (-6.3% vs -27.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfax	Sycamore
Population	2,037	128
Median age	43.3 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,328	—
Median home value	$54,400	$98,300
Median gross rent	$702	$658
Housing units	960	81
Homeownership rate	54.6%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfax	Sycamore
Population	2,175 → 2,037 (-6.3%)	177 → 128 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$31,838 → $41,328 (+29.8%)	$40,326 → $25,000 (-38.0%)
Median home value	$54,000 → $54,400 (+0.7%)	$76,800 → $98,300 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $702 (+13.0%)	$575 → $658 (+14.4%)

Fairfax

Population

2,1752,037

Median household income

$31,838$41,328

Median home value

$54,000$54,400

Median gross rent

$621$702

Sycamore

Population

177128

Median household income

$40,326$25,000

Median home value

$76,800$98,300

Median gross rent

$575$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfax	Sycamore
Under 5	3.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	11.1%	10.2%
18 to 24	15.6%	18.8%
25 to 34	8.7%	6.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	7.8%
45 to 54	7.5%	7.0%
55 to 64	16.0%	43.0%
65 to 74	19.7%	3.1%
75 and over	5.9%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfax	Sycamore
White (non-Hispanic)	18.4%	93.8%
Black or African American	71.9%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfax	Sycamore
No high school diploma	18.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	53.5%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfax	Sycamore
Drove alone	84.2%	85.9%
Carpooled	13.8%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	1.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfax	Sycamore
1-unit, detached	69.5%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	35.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairfax	Sycamore
Poverty rate	23.7%	15.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	46	26
Median year structure built	1982	1975