Barnwell vs Snelling

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

Barnwell and Snelling 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 283 in Snelling). Barnwell has the higher median household income ($43,239 vs $41,042 in Snelling). Barnwell has the higher median home value ($137,300 vs $63,900 in Snelling).

Population, income & housing

	Barnwell	Snelling
Population	4,616	283
Median age	33.5 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,239	$41,042
Median home value	$137,300	$63,900
Median gross rent	$545	$793
Housing units	2,265	115
Homeownership rate	64.2%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	15.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnwell	Snelling
Population	4,424 → 4,616 (+4.3%)	275 → 283 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$25,536 → $43,239 (+69.3%)	$45,625 → $41,042 (-10.0%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $137,300 (+18.7%)	$63,300 → $63,900 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $545 (-16.9%)	$708 → $793 (+12.0%)

Barnwell

Population

4,4244,616

Median household income

$25,536$43,239

Median home value

$115,700$137,300

Median gross rent

$656$545

Snelling

Population

275283

Median household income

$45,625$41,042

Median home value

$63,300$63,900

Median gross rent

$708$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnwell	Snelling
Under 5	4.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.6%	13.8%
18 to 24	13.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	22.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	6.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	24.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.1%
75 and over	7.5%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnwell	Snelling
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	81.3%
Black or African American	47.7%	10.2%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnwell	Snelling
No high school diploma	21.7%	12.7%
High school graduate	42.9%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnwell	Snelling
Drove alone	78.4%	92.6%
Carpooled	17.5%	6.6%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnwell	Snelling
1-unit, detached	66.9%	37.4%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	62.6%

Poverty & households

	Barnwell	Snelling
Poverty rate	33.1%	15.8%
Average household size	2.50	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1969	1995