Barnwell vs Blackville

A side-by-side comparison of Barnwell and Blackville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barnwell has the higher population (4,616 vs 1,778 in Blackville). Barnwell has the higher median household income ($43,239 vs $26,100 in Blackville). Barnwell has the higher median home value ($137,300 vs $73,100 in Blackville).

Population, income & housing

	Barnwell	Blackville
Population	4,616	1,778
Median age	33.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,239	$26,100
Median home value	$137,300	$73,100
Median gross rent	$545	$966
Housing units	2,265	894
Homeownership rate	64.2%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	15.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnwell	Blackville
Population	4,424 → 4,616 (+4.3%)	1,844 → 1,778 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$25,536 → $43,239 (+69.3%)	$23,235 → $26,100 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $137,300 (+18.7%)	$59,600 → $73,100 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $545 (-16.9%)	$621 → $966 (+55.6%)

Barnwell

Population

4,4244,616

Median household income

$25,536$43,239

Median home value

$115,700$137,300

Median gross rent

$656$545

Blackville

Population

1,8441,778

Median household income

$23,235$26,100

Median home value

$59,600$73,100

Median gross rent

$621$966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnwell	Blackville
Under 5	4.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	21.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	13.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	17.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	7.7%
55 to 64	8.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	12.3%
75 and over	7.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnwell	Blackville
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	11.9%
Black or African American	47.7%	85.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnwell	Blackville
No high school diploma	21.7%	19.6%
High school graduate	42.9%	52.5%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnwell	Blackville
Drove alone	78.4%	86.1%
Carpooled	17.5%	11.9%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	1.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnwell	Blackville
1-unit, detached	66.9%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	2.8%
20 or more units	4.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	26.1%

Poverty & households

	Barnwell	Blackville
Poverty rate	33.1%	28.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1969	1978