Honea Path vs Williamston

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

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

Williamston has the higher population (4,116 vs 3,734 in Honea Path). Williamston has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $56,304 in Honea Path). Williamston has the higher median home value ($156,700 vs $123,800 in Honea Path).

Population, income & housing

	Honea Path	Williamston
Population	3,734	4,116
Median age	46.1 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,304	$62,500
Median home value	$123,800	$156,700
Median gross rent	$740	$860
Housing units	1,757	1,919
Homeownership rate	70.6%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Honea Path	Williamston
Population	3,695 → 3,734 (+1.1%)	4,180 → 4,116 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$35,670 → $56,304 (+57.8%)	$43,347 → $62,500 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $123,800 (+39.6%)	$112,700 → $156,700 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $740 (+1.9%)	$729 → $860 (+18.0%)

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

Williamston

Population

4,1804,116

Median household income

$43,347$62,500

Median home value

$112,700$156,700

Median gross rent

$729$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Honea Path	Williamston
Under 5	7.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	8.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	18.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.1%
75 and over	7.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Honea Path	Williamston
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	79.2%
Black or African American	13.9%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Honea Path	Williamston
No high school diploma	16.3%	14.7%
High school graduate	36.2%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Honea Path	Williamston
Drove alone	79.8%	82.6%
Carpooled	12.1%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Honea Path	Williamston
1-unit, detached	90.6%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	15.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Honea Path	Williamston
Poverty rate	25.6%	13.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1965	1972