Northlake vs Piedmont

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

Northlake 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 3,848 in Northlake). Northlake has the higher median household income ($79,531 vs $51,896 in Piedmont). Northlake has the higher median home value ($241,700 vs $141,200 in Piedmont).

Population, income & housing

	Northlake	Piedmont
Population	3,848	5,786
Median age	47.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,531	$51,896
Median home value	$241,700	$141,200
Median gross rent	$1,026	$844
Housing units	1,956	2,102
Homeownership rate	82.8%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northlake	Piedmont
Population	3,643 → 3,848 (+5.6%)	5,795 → 5,786 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$79,740 → $79,531 (-0.3%)	$53,179 → $51,896 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$183,000 → $241,700 (+32.1%)	$128,500 → $141,200 (+9.9%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,026 (+19.7%)	$825 → $844 (+2.3%)

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

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)

	Northlake	Piedmont
Under 5	3.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	23.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	15.0%	8.5%
75 and over	10.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northlake	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	73.4%
Black or African American	12.4%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northlake	Piedmont
No high school diploma	2.3%	24.6%
High school graduate	30.3%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northlake	Piedmont
Drove alone	85.9%	72.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northlake	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	65.1%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	1.6%
20 or more units	3.4%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	33.2%

Poverty & households

	Northlake	Piedmont
Poverty rate	10.1%	27.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1985	1984