Northlake vs Pendleton

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

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

Northlake has the higher population (3,848 vs 3,542 in Pendleton). Northlake has the higher median household income ($79,531 vs $60,517 in Pendleton). Northlake has the higher median home value ($241,700 vs $236,900 in Pendleton).

Population, income & housing

	Northlake	Pendleton
Population	3,848	3,542
Median age	47.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,531	$60,517
Median home value	$241,700	$236,900
Median gross rent	$1,026	$891
Housing units	1,956	2,050
Homeownership rate	82.8%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northlake	Pendleton
Population	3,643 → 3,848 (+5.6%)	3,217 → 3,542 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$79,740 → $79,531 (-0.3%)	$34,139 → $60,517 (+77.3%)
Median home value	$183,000 → $241,700 (+32.1%)	$126,200 → $236,900 (+87.7%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,026 (+19.7%)	$643 → $891 (+38.6%)

Northlake

Population

3,6433,848

Median household income

$79,740$79,531

Median home value

$183,000$241,700

Median gross rent

$857$1,026

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)

	Northlake	Pendleton
Under 5	3.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.0%	9.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	12.6%
25 to 34	8.7%	19.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	15.0%	13.4%
75 and over	10.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northlake	Pendleton
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	76.0%
Black or African American	12.4%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northlake	Pendleton
No high school diploma	2.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	30.3%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northlake	Pendleton
Drove alone	85.9%	85.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northlake	Pendleton
1-unit, detached	65.1%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	3.4%
20 or more units	3.4%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Northlake	Pendleton
Poverty rate	10.1%	23.5%
Average household size	2.43	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1985	1979