Bamberg vs Denmark

A side-by-side comparison of Bamberg and Denmark: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Denmark has the higher population (3,141 vs 3,036 in Bamberg). Denmark has the higher median household income ($33,100 vs $27,614 in Bamberg). Bamberg has the higher median home value ($129,500 vs $73,000 in Denmark).

Population, income & housing

	Bamberg	Denmark
Population	3,036	3,141
Median age	44.7 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$27,614	$33,100
Median home value	$129,500	$73,000
Median gross rent	$779	$785
Housing units	1,575	1,241
Homeownership rate	69.0%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	15.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bamberg	Denmark
Population	3,267 → 3,036 (-7.1%)	2,988 → 3,141 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$27,137 → $27,614 (+1.8%)	$26,591 → $33,100 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $129,500 (+78.6%)	$58,900 → $73,000 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $779 (+0.5%)	$691 → $785 (+13.6%)

Bamberg

Population

3,2673,036

Median household income

$27,137$27,614

Median home value

$72,500$129,500

Median gross rent

$775$779

Denmark

Population

2,9883,141

Median household income

$26,591$33,100

Median home value

$58,900$73,000

Median gross rent

$691$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bamberg	Denmark
Under 5	1.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	14.1%	30.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	6.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	5.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.9%
75 and over	15.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bamberg	Denmark
White (non-Hispanic)	41.1%	10.9%
Black or African American	57.3%	84.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bamberg	Denmark
No high school diploma	24.0%	37.2%
High school graduate	21.9%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bamberg	Denmark
Drove alone	79.0%	69.3%
Carpooled	12.6%	4.8%
Public transit	2.5%	9.2%
Walked	0.5%	13.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bamberg	Denmark
1-unit, detached	72.6%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	19.8%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Bamberg	Denmark
Poverty rate	31.9%	26.8%
Average household size	2.26	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	15
Median year structure built	1972	1973