Honea Path vs Piedmont

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

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

Piedmont has the higher population (5,786 vs 3,734 in Honea Path). Honea Path has the higher median household income ($56,304 vs $51,896 in Piedmont). Piedmont has the higher median home value ($141,200 vs $123,800 in Honea Path).

Population, income & housing

	Honea Path	Piedmont
Population	3,734	5,786
Median age	46.1 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,304	$51,896
Median home value	$123,800	$141,200
Median gross rent	$740	$844
Housing units	1,757	2,102
Homeownership rate	70.6%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Honea Path	Piedmont
Population	3,695 → 3,734 (+1.1%)	5,795 → 5,786 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$35,670 → $56,304 (+57.8%)	$53,179 → $51,896 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $123,800 (+39.6%)	$128,500 → $141,200 (+9.9%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $740 (+1.9%)	$825 → $844 (+2.3%)

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

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)

	Honea Path	Piedmont
Under 5	7.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	23.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	8.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	18.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.5%
75 and over	7.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Honea Path	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	73.4%
Black or African American	13.9%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Honea Path	Piedmont
No high school diploma	16.3%	24.6%
High school graduate	36.2%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Honea Path	Piedmont
Drove alone	79.8%	72.4%
Carpooled	12.1%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Honea Path	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	90.6%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	33.2%

Poverty & households

	Honea Path	Piedmont
Poverty rate	25.6%	27.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1965	1984