Belton vs Honea Path

A side-by-side comparison of Belton and Honea Path: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belton has the higher population (4,405 vs 3,734 in Honea Path). Honea Path has the higher median household income ($56,304 vs $48,164 in Belton). Honea Path has the higher median home value ($123,800 vs $116,300 in Belton).

Population, income & housing

	Belton	Honea Path
Population	4,405	3,734
Median age	33.4 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,164	$56,304
Median home value	$116,300	$123,800
Median gross rent	$896	$740
Housing units	1,718	1,757
Homeownership rate	61.4%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belton	Honea Path
Population	4,366 → 4,405 (+0.9%)	3,695 → 3,734 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$31,976 → $48,164 (+50.6%)	$35,670 → $56,304 (+57.8%)
Median home value	$96,400 → $116,300 (+20.6%)	$88,700 → $123,800 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $896 (+31.2%)	$726 → $740 (+1.9%)

Belton

Population

4,3664,405

Median household income

$31,976$48,164

Median home value

$96,400$116,300

Median gross rent

$683$896

Honea Path

Population

3,6953,734

Median household income

$35,670$56,304

Median home value

$88,700$123,800

Median gross rent

$726$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belton	Honea Path
Under 5	7.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	24.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	2.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	17.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	7.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	9.9%	18.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.0%
75 and over	8.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belton	Honea Path
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	76.0%
Black or African American	8.6%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.8%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belton	Honea Path
No high school diploma	16.9%	16.3%
High school graduate	40.2%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belton	Honea Path
Drove alone	86.8%	79.8%
Carpooled	12.0%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	8.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belton	Honea Path
1-unit, detached	86.8%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Belton	Honea Path
Poverty rate	19.2%	25.6%
Average household size	2.83	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1957	1965