Bamberg vs Ehrhardt

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

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

Bamberg has the higher population (3,036 vs 416 in Ehrhardt). Ehrhardt has the higher median household income ($33,984 vs $27,614 in Bamberg). Bamberg has the higher median home value ($129,500 vs $102,100 in Ehrhardt).

Population, income & housing

	Bamberg	Ehrhardt
Population	3,036	416
Median age	44.7 yrs	70.8 yrs
Median household income	$27,614	$33,984
Median home value	$129,500	$102,100
Median gross rent	$779	$593
Housing units	1,575	278
Homeownership rate	69.0%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bamberg	Ehrhardt
Population	3,267 → 3,036 (-7.1%)	421 → 416 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$27,137 → $27,614 (+1.8%)	$28,578 → $33,984 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $129,500 (+78.6%)	$49,800 → $102,100 (+105.0%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $779 (+0.5%)	$450 → $593 (+31.8%)

Bamberg

Population

3,2673,036

Median household income

$27,137$27,614

Median home value

$72,500$129,500

Median gross rent

$775$779

Ehrhardt

Population

421416

Median household income

$28,578$33,984

Median home value

$49,800$102,100

Median gross rent

$450$593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bamberg	Ehrhardt
Under 5	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	4.6%
18 to 24	14.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	6.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	1.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	21.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	25.2%
75 and over	15.4%	30.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bamberg	Ehrhardt
White (non-Hispanic)	41.1%	55.0%
Black or African American	57.3%	42.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bamberg	Ehrhardt
No high school diploma	24.0%	30.5%
High school graduate	21.9%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bamberg	Ehrhardt
Drove alone	79.0%	56.9%
Carpooled	12.6%	10.8%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	32.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bamberg	Ehrhardt
1-unit, detached	72.6%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Bamberg	Ehrhardt
Poverty rate	31.9%	9.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	23	69
Median year structure built	1972	1968