Honea Path vs Pendleton

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

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

Honea Path has the higher population (3,734 vs 3,542 in Pendleton). Pendleton has the higher median household income ($60,517 vs $56,304 in Honea Path). Pendleton has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $123,800 in Honea Path).

Population, income & housing

	Honea Path	Pendleton
Population	3,734	3,542
Median age	46.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,304	$60,517
Median home value	$123,800	$236,900
Median gross rent	$740	$891
Housing units	1,757	2,050
Homeownership rate	70.6%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Honea Path	Pendleton
Population	3,695 → 3,734 (+1.1%)	3,217 → 3,542 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$35,670 → $56,304 (+57.8%)	$34,139 → $60,517 (+77.3%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $123,800 (+39.6%)	$126,200 → $236,900 (+87.7%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $740 (+1.9%)	$643 → $891 (+38.6%)

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

Pendleton

Population

3,2173,542

Median household income

$34,139$60,517

Median home value

$126,200$236,900

Median gross rent

$643$891

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Honea Path	Pendleton
Under 5	7.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	9.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	12.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	19.5%
35 to 44	8.6%	8.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	18.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.4%
75 and over	7.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Honea Path	Pendleton
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	76.0%
Black or African American	13.9%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Honea Path	Pendleton
No high school diploma	16.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	36.2%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Honea Path	Pendleton
Drove alone	79.8%	85.0%
Carpooled	12.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Honea Path	Pendleton
1-unit, detached	90.6%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Honea Path	Pendleton
Poverty rate	25.6%	23.5%
Average household size	2.50	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1965	1979