Powdersville vs Williamston

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

Powdersville and Williamston 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 4,116 in Williamston). Powdersville has the higher median household income ($88,125 vs $62,500 in Williamston). Powdersville has the higher median home value ($318,600 vs $156,700 in Williamston).

Population, income & housing

	Powdersville	Williamston
Population	11,321	4,116
Median age	40.2 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,125	$62,500
Median home value	$318,600	$156,700
Median gross rent	$1,231	$860
Housing units	4,372	1,919
Homeownership rate	76.9%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Powdersville	Williamston
Population	9,632 → 11,321 (+17.5%)	4,180 → 4,116 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$67,424 → $88,125 (+30.7%)	$43,347 → $62,500 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$188,300 → $318,600 (+69.2%)	$112,700 → $156,700 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $1,231 (+50.9%)	$729 → $860 (+18.0%)

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

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)

	Powdersville	Williamston
Under 5	6.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	15.2%
35 to 44	19.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.1%
75 and over	5.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Powdersville	Williamston
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	79.2%
Black or African American	10.6%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Powdersville	Williamston
No high school diploma	6.2%	14.7%
High school graduate	25.2%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Powdersville	Williamston
Drove alone	84.9%	82.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	9.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	5.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Powdersville	Williamston
1-unit, detached	67.6%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	15.4%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Powdersville	Williamston
Poverty rate	8.5%	13.5%
Average household size	2.84	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	37	28
Median year structure built	1996	1972