Piedmont vs Williamston

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

Piedmont and Williamston 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 4,116 in Williamston). Williamston has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $51,896 in Piedmont). Williamston has the higher median home value ($156,700 vs $141,200 in Piedmont).

Population, income & housing

	Piedmont	Williamston
Population	5,786	4,116
Median age	35.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,896	$62,500
Median home value	$141,200	$156,700
Median gross rent	$844	$860
Housing units	2,102	1,919
Homeownership rate	68.5%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piedmont	Williamston
Population	5,795 → 5,786 (-0.2%)	4,180 → 4,116 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$53,179 → $51,896 (-2.4%)	$43,347 → $62,500 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$128,500 → $141,200 (+9.9%)	$112,700 → $156,700 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $844 (+2.3%)	$729 → $860 (+18.0%)

Piedmont

Population

5,7955,786

Median household income

$53,179$51,896

Median home value

$128,500$141,200

Median gross rent

$825$844

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)

	Piedmont	Williamston
Under 5	6.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	23.4%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.1%
75 and over	4.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piedmont	Williamston
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	79.2%
Black or African American	15.4%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	5.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piedmont	Williamston
No high school diploma	24.6%	14.7%
High school graduate	30.7%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piedmont	Williamston
Drove alone	72.4%	82.6%
Carpooled	19.4%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.4%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piedmont	Williamston
1-unit, detached	54.1%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	15.4%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	33.2%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Piedmont	Williamston
Poverty rate	27.7%	13.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1984	1972