Anderson vs Piedmont

A side-by-side comparison of Anderson and Piedmont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anderson has the higher population (29,563 vs 5,786 in Piedmont). Piedmont has the higher median household income ($51,896 vs $44,321 in Anderson). Anderson has the higher median home value ($199,600 vs $141,200 in Piedmont).

Population, income & housing

	Anderson	Piedmont
Population	29,563	5,786
Median age	33.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,321	$51,896
Median home value	$199,600	$141,200
Median gross rent	$965	$844
Housing units	13,565	2,102
Homeownership rate	51.2%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anderson	Piedmont
Population	27,289 → 29,563 (+8.3%)	5,795 → 5,786 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$33,351 → $44,321 (+32.9%)	$53,179 → $51,896 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$136,800 → $199,600 (+45.9%)	$128,500 → $141,200 (+9.9%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $965 (+26.8%)	$825 → $844 (+2.3%)

Anderson

Population

27,28929,563

Median household income

$33,351$44,321

Median home value

$136,800$199,600

Median gross rent

$761$965

Piedmont

Population

5,7955,786

Median household income

$53,179$51,896

Median home value

$128,500$141,200

Median gross rent

$825$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anderson	Piedmont
Under 5	6.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	23.4%
18 to 24	14.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.5%
75 and over	7.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anderson	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	59.3%	73.4%
Black or African American	28.5%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anderson	Piedmont
No high school diploma	12.1%	24.6%
High school graduate	28.1%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anderson	Piedmont
Drove alone	80.5%	72.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	19.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	5.1%
Other means	1.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anderson	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	61.7%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	1.6%
20 or more units	7.3%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	33.2%

Poverty & households

	Anderson	Piedmont
Poverty rate	22.3%	27.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1976	1984