Bamberg vs Govan

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

Bamberg and Govan 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 61 in Govan). Govan has the higher median household income ($95,833 vs $27,614 in Bamberg). Bamberg has the higher median home value ($129,500 vs $97,500 in Govan).

Population, income & housing

	Bamberg	Govan
Population	3,036	61
Median age	44.7 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$27,614	$95,833
Median home value	$129,500	$97,500
Median gross rent	$779	—
Housing units	1,575	30
Homeownership rate	69.0%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bamberg	Govan
Population	3,267 → 3,036 (-7.1%)	60 → 61 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$27,137 → $27,614 (+1.8%)	$29,375 → $95,833 (+226.2%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $129,500 (+78.6%)	$130,000 → $97,500 (-25.0%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $779 (+0.5%)	—

Bamberg

Population

3,2673,036

Median household income

$27,137$27,614

Median home value

$72,500$129,500

Median gross rent

$775$779

Govan

Population

6061

Median household income

$29,375$95,833

Median home value

$130,000$97,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bamberg	Govan
Under 5	1.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.2%	21.3%
18 to 24	14.1%	3.3%
25 to 34	9.7%	3.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	4.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	16.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	3.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	37.7%
75 and over	15.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bamberg	Govan
White (non-Hispanic)	41.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	57.3%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bamberg	Govan
No high school diploma	24.0%	18.2%
High school graduate	21.9%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	40.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bamberg	Govan
Drove alone	79.0%	96.8%
Carpooled	12.6%	0.0%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bamberg	Govan
1-unit, detached	72.6%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Bamberg	Govan
Poverty rate	31.9%	9.8%
Average household size	2.26	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1972	1978