Northlake vs Williamston

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

Northlake 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 3,848 in Northlake). Northlake has the higher median household income ($79,531 vs $62,500 in Williamston). Northlake has the higher median home value ($241,700 vs $156,700 in Williamston).

Population, income & housing

	Northlake	Williamston
Population	3,848	4,116
Median age	47.4 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,531	$62,500
Median home value	$241,700	$156,700
Median gross rent	$1,026	$860
Housing units	1,956	1,919
Homeownership rate	82.8%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northlake	Williamston
Population	3,643 → 3,848 (+5.6%)	4,180 → 4,116 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$79,740 → $79,531 (-0.3%)	$43,347 → $62,500 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$183,000 → $241,700 (+32.1%)	$112,700 → $156,700 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,026 (+19.7%)	$729 → $860 (+18.0%)

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

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)

	Northlake	Williamston
Under 5	3.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.6%
25 to 34	8.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	15.0%	11.1%
75 and over	10.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northlake	Williamston
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	79.2%
Black or African American	12.4%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	4.4%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northlake	Williamston
No high school diploma	2.3%	14.7%
High school graduate	30.3%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northlake	Williamston
Drove alone	85.9%	82.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northlake	Williamston
1-unit, detached	65.1%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	15.4%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Northlake	Williamston
Poverty rate	10.1%	13.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1985	1972