Piedmont vs Powdersville

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

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

Powdersville has the higher population (11,321 vs 5,786 in Piedmont). Powdersville has the higher median household income ($88,125 vs $51,896 in Piedmont). Powdersville has the higher median home value ($318,600 vs $141,200 in Piedmont).

Population, income & housing

	Piedmont	Powdersville
Population	5,786	11,321
Median age	35.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,896	$88,125
Median home value	$141,200	$318,600
Median gross rent	$844	$1,231
Housing units	2,102	4,372
Homeownership rate	68.5%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piedmont	Powdersville
Population	5,795 → 5,786 (-0.2%)	9,632 → 11,321 (+17.5%)
Median household income	$53,179 → $51,896 (-2.4%)	$67,424 → $88,125 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$128,500 → $141,200 (+9.9%)	$188,300 → $318,600 (+69.2%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $844 (+2.3%)	$816 → $1,231 (+50.9%)

Piedmont

Population

5,7955,786

Median household income

$53,179$51,896

Median home value

$128,500$141,200

Median gross rent

$825$844

Powdersville

Population

9,63211,321

Median household income

$67,424$88,125

Median home value

$188,300$318,600

Median gross rent

$816$1,231

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Piedmont	Powdersville
Under 5	6.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	23.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	19.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.9%
75 and over	4.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piedmont	Powdersville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	78.8%
Black or African American	15.4%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	0.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piedmont	Powdersville
No high school diploma	24.6%	6.2%
High school graduate	30.7%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piedmont	Powdersville
Drove alone	72.4%	84.9%
Carpooled	19.4%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	9.4%
Other means	3.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piedmont	Powdersville
1-unit, detached	54.1%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	17.8%
20 or more units	3.4%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	33.2%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Piedmont	Powdersville
Poverty rate	27.7%	8.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	25	37
Median year structure built	1984	1996