Pendleton vs Williamston

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

Pendleton 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 3,542 in Pendleton). Williamston has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $60,517 in Pendleton). Pendleton has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $156,700 in Williamston).

Population, income & housing

	Pendleton	Williamston
Population	3,542	4,116
Median age	41.6 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,517	$62,500
Median home value	$236,900	$156,700
Median gross rent	$891	$860
Housing units	2,050	1,919
Homeownership rate	51.1%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pendleton	Williamston
Population	3,217 → 3,542 (+10.1%)	4,180 → 4,116 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$34,139 → $60,517 (+77.3%)	$43,347 → $62,500 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $236,900 (+87.7%)	$112,700 → $156,700 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $891 (+38.6%)	$729 → $860 (+18.0%)

Pendleton

Population

3,2173,542

Median household income

$34,139$60,517

Median home value

$126,200$236,900

Median gross rent

$643$891

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)

	Pendleton	Williamston
Under 5	4.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	9.5%	13.0%
18 to 24	12.6%	10.6%
25 to 34	19.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	8.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.1%
75 and over	9.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pendleton	Williamston
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	79.2%
Black or African American	18.2%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.5%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pendleton	Williamston
No high school diploma	7.5%	14.7%
High school graduate	16.3%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pendleton	Williamston
Drove alone	85.0%	82.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pendleton	Williamston
1-unit, detached	72.6%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	15.4%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Pendleton	Williamston
Poverty rate	23.5%	13.5%
Average household size	1.85	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1979	1972