Blackville vs Elko

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

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

Blackville has the higher population (1,778 vs 198 in Elko). Elko has the higher median household income ($41,023 vs $26,100 in Blackville). Elko has the higher median home value ($85,700 vs $73,100 in Blackville).

Population, income & housing

	Blackville	Elko
Population	1,778	198
Median age	42.8 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$26,100	$41,023
Median home value	$73,100	$85,700
Median gross rent	$966	—
Housing units	894	80
Homeownership rate	66.1%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	65.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackville	Elko
Population	1,844 → 1,778 (-3.6%)	176 → 198 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$23,235 → $26,100 (+12.3%)	$28,125 → $41,023 (+45.9%)
Median home value	$59,600 → $73,100 (+22.7%)	$72,000 → $85,700 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $966 (+55.6%)	$432 → $432 (+0.0%)

Blackville

Population

1,8441,778

Median household income

$23,235$26,100

Median home value

$59,600$73,100

Median gross rent

$621$966

Elko

Population

176198

Median household income

$28,125$41,023

Median home value

$72,000$85,700

Median gross rent

$432$432

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackville	Elko
Under 5	2.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	8.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	36.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	2.5%
35 to 44	17.9%	6.1%
45 to 54	7.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	20.7%
75 and over	9.1%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackville	Elko
White (non-Hispanic)	11.9%	24.2%
Black or African American	85.2%	75.8%
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	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackville	Elko
No high school diploma	19.6%	40.2%
High school graduate	52.5%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackville	Elko
Drove alone	86.1%	91.4%
Carpooled	11.9%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	5.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackville	Elko
1-unit, detached	68.1%	51.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	48.8%

Poverty & households

	Blackville	Elko
Poverty rate	28.2%	17.7%
Average household size	2.92	3.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	36
Median year structure built	1978	1976