Barnwell vs Williston

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

Barnwell and Williston 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 2,884 in Williston). Barnwell has the higher median household income ($43,239 vs $35,968 in Williston). Barnwell has the higher median home value ($137,300 vs $104,000 in Williston).

Population, income & housing

	Barnwell	Williston
Population	4,616	2,884
Median age	33.5 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,239	$35,968
Median home value	$137,300	$104,000
Median gross rent	$545	$685
Housing units	2,265	1,480
Homeownership rate	64.2%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	15.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnwell	Williston
Population	4,424 → 4,616 (+4.3%)	2,983 → 2,884 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$25,536 → $43,239 (+69.3%)	$20,076 → $35,968 (+79.2%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $137,300 (+18.7%)	$162,100 → $104,000 (-35.8%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $545 (-16.9%)	$600 → $685 (+14.2%)

Barnwell

Population

4,4244,616

Median household income

$25,536$43,239

Median home value

$115,700$137,300

Median gross rent

$656$545

Williston

Population

2,9832,884

Median household income

$20,076$35,968

Median home value

$162,100$104,000

Median gross rent

$600$685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnwell	Williston
Under 5	4.1%	9.2%
5 to 17	21.6%	12.4%
18 to 24	13.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	16.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	6.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	13.0%
75 and over	7.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnwell	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	45.6%
Black or African American	47.7%	54.1%
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%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnwell	Williston
No high school diploma	21.7%	15.3%
High school graduate	42.9%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnwell	Williston
Drove alone	78.4%	82.4%
Carpooled	17.5%	2.2%
Public transit	1.9%	11.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	1.2%	1.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnwell	Williston
1-unit, detached	66.9%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	20.7%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	3.7%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	26.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnwell	Williston
Poverty rate	33.1%	31.1%
Average household size	2.50	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1969	1985